An atheist philosophy of life, per Albert Camus

[Bai Lan]

I wanted to give @Hume something to look up. And maybe a new word for them.

something to strive for. a new beginning.

he does need structure.

 

[Daylight63]

Morals change with cultures once again indicating there's no such thing as universal morals.

Woah! We agree!


But this is gonna upset @Cypress.

 

[Cypress]

The overarching principles appear to only be limited by physics and evolutionary biology. Not "morals".

Throwing them into volcanoes? Cutting their hearts out? Sacrificing virgins?

Trump cheated many of his clients and contractors. Bosses have cheated their employees ever since unions were crushed. It appears it's becoming more acceptable in America. LOL

The point being that the Bible fostered genocide along with slavery. Morals change with cultures once again indicating there's no such thing as universal morals.

I see a progression or evolution in human moral knowledge. The human conscience is open to being appealed to. While slavery and child sacrifice were practiced for a long time, once people get convinced that they're wrong, they generally don't really go back to it.

It's that one-way directionality to moral evolution that leads me to think there are moral absolutes written on the human conscience that can be cultivated.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

I see a progression or evolution in human moral knowledge. The human conscience is open to being appealed to. While slavery and child sacrifice were practiced for a long time, once people get convinced that they're wrong, they generally don't really go back to it.

It's that one-way directionality to moral evolution that leads me to think there are moral absolutes written on the human conscience that can be cultivated.

Oh, I definitely see the progression too, but consider that "the veneer of human civilization is very thin".

Should we have a repeat of the Lanschamp Excursion, the power grid will fail all around the world, all of our satellites will cease to function and billions will be condemned to starvation. The social evolution of human morals will largely cease to exist as people revert to their basic animal natures of surviving. Morality will prove to be relative to a single idea; "What's best for me." In some cases, for those close to them. Mothers will kill off their own children so that others can survive. In some cases they'll choose to let everyone die together, but then, of course, they won't survive to build a new civilization.



"The veneer of human civilization is very thin, and beneath it lies the innate barbarity of humankind" - unknown

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/civilization-is-a-very-thin-veneer-what-the-plague-of-athens-can-teach-us-about-dealing-with-covid-19-1.5624000

"Overwhelmed by the disaster, people could not see what was to become of them and started losing respect for laws of god and man alike," Thucydides wrote.

Katherine Kelaidis, resident scholar at the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago, said, "The Greeks very much had this sense … that civilization is a very thin veneer and that under even slight amounts of pressure, that social contract starts to break down, and [when] people lose that veneer … that can be very dangerous."