Re:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
by dragonwriter on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:39PM
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> Those ethics were created from within a theistic worldview, they weren't born from reason.
In many case, they were both; the existence of a theistic worldview does not prevent the application of reason.
> Adopting the ethics of a religious culture while denying the underlying assumptions is pretty unreasonable.
But we do adopt the relevant foundational assumptions, just not the irrelevant ones, where the conclusions are shared.
Of course, the conclusions are often different, because post-Enlightenment society often rejects substantive, morally significant elements of its precursors (in some cases, pre-existing religions have adapted to this and adopted, in whole or in part, Enlightenment values as well.)
In many case, they were both; the existence of a theistic worldview does not prevent the application of reason.
> Adopting the ethics of a religious culture while denying the underlying assumptions is pretty unreasonable.
But we do adopt the relevant foundational assumptions, just not the irrelevant ones, where the conclusions are shared.
Of course, the conclusions are often different, because post-Enlightenment society often rejects substantive, morally significant elements of its precursors (in some cases, pre-existing religions have adapted to this and adopted, in whole or in part, Enlightenment values as well.)