<<I certainly agree. I feel this same empathy. But what do you do with an
individual who refuses to accept your views of morality? I think you're
logically defenseless, because you seem to have no basis for your morality
other than your own self-validated empathy.>>
Bill, you've summed up in a nutshell the point I've been trying to make all
along. Thanks.
Judeo-Christianity has an objective moral reality because it is imposed from a
Lawgiver, and thus applies to ALL. Why? He is the Creator. He makes the rules.
The materialist can accept a code of morality voluntarily, but as you say it
cannot be justified to apply to others. Other materialists are free to reject
it.
Jim