On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 01:46 am, Dan Minette wrote:
But, its really that one assumption that is critical. Mine basis for
morality is religious, and its that humans are created in the image and
likeness of God, and must be treated in a manner that is consistent with
this. Human rights, the Golden Rule, etc. all flow from this postulate as
theorems. So, my assumption is also quite simple.
I don't see how you get from is to ought here. Even if man is 'created in the image and likeness of God' that says nothing about how men should treat each other without an additional assumption that 'those created in the image and likeness of God must be treated in such and such ways'.
So you might as well ditch the 'image and likeness of God' part and go directly to the 'must be treated in such and such ways' part.
God is a redundant assumption that adds nothing to the line of argument.
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