I agree with all of that on paper, but application of those principles seems to be tricky because, as we have seen, rights can be weaponised and equality often gets mistaken with equity.
OK but we got many of our core values by pushing back at Christianity. Also our moral foundations are pretty consistent. I think we are more unified in our core values than we seem because we're in the current situation and can see all the details which we can't for history.
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Okay, I'm gonna get into the weeds a bit but if you will indulge me for a moment. Is it that we got many of our moral values by pushing back at Christianity or that we pushed back against the Christian authorities to apply the moral values of Christianity more correctly? 1/
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I don't know but I think it's a valid question. I am definitely not advocating that we must all be Christian and I am very very much against any church/ state marriage in even the slightest. Christianity is sort of beside the point I want to actually bring up. 2/
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Again, sorry for the long winded reply. The main question I have for an atheistic morality does it sell universally or is it culturally specific?
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There is always a culturally specific nature to morality, atheistic or theistic.
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Well, yes. I make no claim of expertise, but I do claim familiarity with history and world cultures. I think an important question is there another culture that has placed such a high importance on the individual as Western culture. I'm not aware of any, but maybe there is.
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I ask that specifically because as I understand it value for the individual is the foundation if liberalism
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Yes, Christianity is not keen on it and an accusation of atheists is that they are too individualistic. I wrote a paper on this in Augustinian confessionalism,
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I disagree. I see individualism as the basis of Christianity. Out of the gate the Bible states that the individual is divine. There's no doubt that Church have oppose authorities individualism and independence. It's valid to separate the ideal from it's practicioners IMO
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