Should morality be objective or subjective?
I disagree with some of my fellow atheists here. Moral truths can be objectively known in the same way that scientific truths can be. Morality is the practice of living so as to enhance the happiness of other sentient beings. These questions can be examined rationally , and using the evidence we have available. The basic moral axioms we have, such as the Golden Rule and Kant’s categorical imperative (while not infallible) provide a generally universal platform to lauch our reason. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical… Where we get problems is when people use unquestionable religious texts and traditions as their basis. Since there are several of these, and numerous supposedly authoritative interpretations from each we either get into endless unresolvable disputes about whose text/interpretation is “right” in an absolute sense, or agree to disagree in the name of harmony. The latter approach is called “
