DarkRyter said:
It's not a matter of personal perspective obscuring the truth. There is no truth. There never was a truth. There will never be a truth. There can't be a truth.Morality simply isn't a intrinsic quality of the universe. Things can be "red". Things can be "5 miles wide". Things can be "made of Iron". But things can't be "good" or "bad".
The existence of God is entirely irrelevant to perspective. It either exists or does not exist. That is ultimately an unknown.
What causes misery and happiness is different for different people. What causes misery for some causes happiness for others. Your definition of morality is still ultimately reliant on subjective opinion, rather than empirical properties.
That's what I am saying though. Morality exists regardless of perspective. The value of actions in promoting happiness and causing misery can be measured through neuroscience.
What causes happiness and what causes misery is essentially universal in all examples of human life.
There may be minor differences but essentially we all want to live and have fundamental needs that must be met.
Mass murder is objectively wrong because it serves no good purpose and one can evaluate the effects of the action objectively.
Morality exists empirically. You can reduce it to numbers if you like.
Just because human experience is subjective doesn't mean morality doesn't exist.
Now, it can be difficult to determine the morality of an action without knowing the repercussions, but once all the information is known, it's easy to determine whether an action is good or bad.
It's extremely straightforward.
Some actions cause misery and others bring about happiness. Happiness is good. Misery is bad.
A five year old could tell me this.