Reply To: Theological Conundrum (read at your own risk)

Thank you for the response. Though I disagree with what you are saying. I think you are conflating right/wrong with guilt/feeling good. If I understood your response correctly, you are essentially saying that one has to do the right thing (not murder someone) because he will feel terrible otherwise. Now I don’t think that necessarily makes it “right” to not murder, and more importantly, the person is not murdering because of the benefit he receives – not feeling bad/feeling good – not because it is inherently right. To emphasize my point:

If the “inherent rightness” has no value other than being inherently right, why do it? If it has other value then you are not doing it beacause it is right; you are doing it because of the value.