Hello, group I have to say that this thread got me all in a tizzy because there is nothing more annoying to me than people assuming a religious code is actually moral by default and an irreligious one is amoral. Not that it was said, just that it was implied.
If anyone is interested, Michael Shermer's book "The Science of Good & Evil" addresses this point. I'm biased, though. I love everything he writes. :) Have a good weekend, Tracy >> Chris, I'm not talking about the ability to live up to a moral code; I'm >> asking about the >> source of that ethical and moral code in the first place if >> you--editorially--don't accept >> the existence of the Divine. > >Neither am I. I am talking about the assumption that ethical conduct requires >(or is even best generated by) a "code." Codes inevitably come into conflict >with real situations that were not envisioned when the code was first thought >up. This is why we change our laws so regularly (almost continuously). One >needs ethical thought, from moment to moment, not moldy old codes that absolve >one of responsibility even as they fail. > >Make it a thoughtful day, > >Chris Green > >--- >To make changes to your subscription go to: >http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english > ------------------------------------- Tracy E. Zinn, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Johnston Hall Room 121 MSC 7401 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Office: (540) 568-6309 Fax: (540) 568-3322 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/ug/ ------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
