byrnema comments on Wednesday depends on us. - Less Wrong

1 Post author: byrnema 29 April 2009 03:47AM

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Comment author: byrnema 29 April 2009 07:05:44PM *  1 point [-]

I see: I believe you are saying that Wednesday is not justified in being afraid that if God doesn't exist she will do something that is wrong because she should make the following deduction:

Either morality (i) depends on God or (ii) it doesn't.

(i) If morality depends on God, and he doesn't exist, then there's no evil to worry about.

(ii) If morality doesn't depend on God, and he doesn't exist, then morality is unaffected.

Comment author: MrHen 29 April 2009 07:41:27PM *  0 points [-]

Technically, I meant that when I say "God does not exist" it does not imply anything about morality. Whether Wednesday associates God with morality is irrelevant and the reason for this irrelevance is your (i) and (ii) tree explanation.