God exists and there is an absolute moral authority.
God doesn’t exist and there is no morality.
God exists and morality is individually determined.
You, as an atheist, are reconciled with (3) but surely Wednesday would think this was a demotion of morality. Remember, she is worried that something she considers wrong will become “OK”—as you pointed out, she’ll still consider it wrong for her—but now she must accept that it may not be universally wrong … the evil thing may be OK for someone else. This isn’t merely confusing. What’s really going on is she doesn’t believe that she has any authority to define morality. Humans are equal so in a clash of ethical positions, she’s afraid she’ll have to defer or compromise her morality.
I defend Wednesday here, as though she is justified, but at the end of the day we know everything works out OK.
Great, I think we’re making good progress.
Here are three possibilities for Wednesday:
God exists and there is an absolute moral authority.
God doesn’t exist and there is no morality.
God exists and morality is individually determined.
You, as an atheist, are reconciled with (3) but surely Wednesday would think this was a demotion of morality. Remember, she is worried that something she considers wrong will become “OK”—as you pointed out, she’ll still consider it wrong for her—but now she must accept that it may not be universally wrong … the evil thing may be OK for someone else. This isn’t merely confusing. What’s really going on is she doesn’t believe that she has any authority to define morality. Humans are equal so in a clash of ethical positions, she’s afraid she’ll have to defer or compromise her morality.
I defend Wednesday here, as though she is justified, but at the end of the day we know everything works out OK.