<<The Christian theist assumes God and the atheist assumes no God. God, if
he exists, would be the transcendent, objective standard of morality. The
debate at present is not about proving or disproving this basic assumption,
but rather it is about whether or not the WORLDVIEW each conceives, when
CONSISTENT with the chosen premise, allows us to insist that anything is
'right' or 'wrong.'>>
Thank you! A superb summary. Russell's problem has always been his failure to
distinguish these two arguments.
The debate began by pointing out that the materialist cannot condemn other
people's behavior. Russell admits as much now by saying he is not holding to
objective, universal or eternal morality. Yet he DOES condemn, e.g., Hitler.
This is the inconsistency that has been pointed out again and again.
Jim