To Hell in a Handbasket, I Tell Ya

I hope the readers aren’t suggesting that unless God exists, anything goes. Why would that be? Why can’t morality be concerned with human well-being, fairness, or respect for persons? Why must there be a supernatural dimension to it?

That’s Keith Burgess-Jackson (again), with a post on the ties between religion and morality. Interesting.

At one level, there’s a parallel in that excerpt to arguments I hear for the necessity of government. God and government, or we’re to hell in a handbasket. Curious though, isn’t it? In broadcasting such a warning, isn’t one really saying that their motivation for believing in God and government is as a hedge against immorality and predation? If so, then are their alternatives to both that might work as well, or better?

The central point here is that God is not the source of morality and the State is not the source of security. The source of both is to be found in the nature of the human animal. He’s just created God and the State in order to cope the two most profound issues of his life. Someday, the human animal will grow to learn that he needs neither fantasy in order to ensure his happiness and well-being.

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Richard Nikoley

I started writing Free The Animal in late 2003 as just a little thing to try. 20 years later, turns out I've written over 5,000 posts. I blog what I wish...from diet, health, lifestyle...to philosophy, politics, social antagonism, adventure travel, expat living, location and time independent—while you sleep— income by geoarbitrage, and food pics. I intended to travel the world "homeless," but the Covidiocy Panicdemic squashed that. I became an American expat living in Thailand. I celebrate the audacity and hubris to live by your own exclusive authority and take your own chances. ... I leave the toilet seat up. Read More

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