In the following excellent video:
Andy Thompson makes a compelling case for the psychological basis of religious belief.
I think that many of the points made apply equally well to moral belief. Namely, we're adept at imagining disapproval without the need for imagining a disapprover, even though this is an incoherent thing to do. Our origins as social beings has caused us to evolve this 'sense of right and wrong' which is really just a 'sense of approval or disapproval'.
This bears on the question of, "Is morality objective or subjective?," in that I don't think that the askers of that question can coherently define 'morality,' and the reason that they think they can is due to reasons analogous to the ones presented in the above video.
Agree? Disagree? Discuss.
Andy Thompson makes a compelling case for the psychological basis of religious belief.
I think that many of the points made apply equally well to moral belief. Namely, we're adept at imagining disapproval without the need for imagining a disapprover, even though this is an incoherent thing to do. Our origins as social beings has caused us to evolve this 'sense of right and wrong' which is really just a 'sense of approval or disapproval'.
This bears on the question of, "Is morality objective or subjective?," in that I don't think that the askers of that question can coherently define 'morality,' and the reason that they think they can is due to reasons analogous to the ones presented in the above video.
Agree? Disagree? Discuss.