Comments on: a litle more on the argument http://blogs.linux.ie/yarr/2004/02/14/a-litle-more-on-the-argument/ The Personal Weblog of Robert Heffernan Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: bob http://blogs.linux.ie/yarr/2004/02/14/a-litle-more-on-the-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-44 bob Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:16:38 +0000 //?p=#comment-44 Heh. I can’t tell if that last one is somebody making fun of me of somebody genuinely recommending Dostoevsky. Probably the former, I suppose. Heh. I can’t tell if that last one is somebody making fun of me of somebody genuinely recommending Dostoevsky. Probably the former, I suppose.

]]> By: cheapshot http://blogs.linux.ie/yarr/2004/02/14/a-litle-more-on-the-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-43 cheapshot Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:41:50 +0000 //?p=#comment-43 have you read 'the idiot'? i think its your line of literature have you read ‘the idiot’? i think its your line of literature

]]> By: Kevin http://blogs.linux.ie/yarr/2004/02/14/a-litle-more-on-the-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Kevin Sun, 14 Mar 2004 00:15:51 +0000 //?p=#comment-25 Have you considered perhaps that an atheists basis for morality comes from themselves? Does an intelligent being need to have rules of behaviour written into the fabric of the universe to know what is appropriate and what is not? I'm an atheist, or at least an agnostic. I certainly don't believe in right and wrong in the sense you're talking about. But that in no way means that morality can be chucked out the window. It is a social construction first and foremost, religion simply formalized and enforced a structure for it. Have you considered perhaps that an atheists basis for morality comes from themselves? Does an intelligent being need to have rules of behaviour written into the fabric of the universe to know what is appropriate and what is not?

I’m an atheist, or at least an agnostic. I certainly don’t believe in right and wrong in the sense you’re talking about. But that in no way means that morality can be chucked out the window. It is a social construction first and foremost, religion simply formalized and enforced a structure for it.

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