tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post113893815715230221..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Faith and Human SacrificeAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1140684370480119612006-02-23T01:46:00.000-07:002006-02-23T01:46:00.000-07:00Good point. A potential sacrifice victim has no ob...Good point. A potential sacrifice victim has no obligation to "prove" he has a right to life; all obligation is on the would-be sacrificer to prove that it's necessary. Hopefully, everyone will live by that. Most people will munch a steak for dinner, never giving a thought to whether the cow's sacrifice is "necessary," and I've never heard anyone suggest that it is. Plenty of people enjoy shooting deer for sport, and none have ever proven that it's "necessary," beyond saying that it's one of many ways to correct previous human error. You have agreed that interests extend beyond humans; perhaps another post could ask people to apply moral values to *everyone?*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1139058667390939242006-02-04T06:11:00.000-07:002006-02-04T06:11:00.000-07:00AnonymousI hold that those who would sacrifice to ...<B>Anonymous</B><BR/><BR/>I hold that those who would sacrifice to their God owe those who would be sacrificed a more compelling defense of the necessity of their sacrifice than you have provided here.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1138998863120811722006-02-03T13:34:00.000-07:002006-02-03T13:34:00.000-07:00Good stuff. In my mind, this brings up the questi...Good stuff. In my mind, this brings up the question of exactly what role logistics should play in a system of morality--e.g. what the difference from an ethical standpoint would be if human sacrifice <I>were</I> an effective way of securing the safety of other people. This is relevant in a contemporary sense in evaluating ticking-bomb type situations, but it's more interesting to me in a general principle sense, as a way of conceptualizing moral decision-making. I suppose this is also part of why morality only works when it's <A HREF="http://intelligentparty.wordpress.com/2006/01/29/a-rational-morality/" REL="nofollow">based on reason</A>, since reason is the only thing that's particularly responsive to changes in our understanding of reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com