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Originally Posted by Gonzalvus
While that is ok on an individual level, you need a God to tell everyone what's right and what's wrong if you want society to function. Otherwise expect chaos.
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You removed the part where I said that it does not entail any such thing as a value-neutral society, if at all such a state could exist. I think it is the other way around even. Leaders as well as parents have a moral responsibility that involves showing the way, acting as role-models, teaching and not least important it involves rewarding the good. In extreme cases it also involves punishing the evil.
I was speaking about "good morality", and I realize that I should have chosen a more specialized vocabulary. I think what I meant was something like true morality, which must rest upon a foundation. Isn't that what connects faith and values, faith being the foundation, and morality that which emanates from God through the soul? Arguably there is also a cultural or ethnic element involved in what is usually thought of as morality, but I distinguish between agreement and true and grounded morality. Culture should encompass both, I think.
Building systems of thought will just about always create logical problems, but that's what I think.