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TheAncientGeek comments on Discussion of Slate Star Codex: "Extremism in Thought Experiments is No Vice" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 31 March 2015 08:28:03PM *  0 points [-]

That would mean that atheist morality is context dependent, for instance applying different standards at peacetime and wartime. Historically, Christian morality serms to be similar.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 31 March 2015 08:38:56PM 0 points [-]

For all that Christian moralists criticize situationalist ethics, I've found that all ethical systems inevitably end up being situationalist; i.e. "thou shalt not kill" except when God commands otherwise.