tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926891106758008587.post723645202611496697..comments2024-01-01T21:57:26.021-05:00Comments on Where the Rubber Hits the Road: Can You be Good Without God?Fr. Tim Moylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18030197987469327645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926891106758008587.post-48541820501866552492012-06-26T11:59:50.693-04:002012-06-26T11:59:50.693-04:00The author is correct in his critique of utilitari...The author is correct in his critique of utilitarianism, but he seems unaware of other moral resources available to atheists: Kantian ethics and humanism. <br /><br />A Kantian would say that being a person of integrity is worth seeking for its own sake, that virtue is its own reward.<br /><br />A humanist would say that humans are indeed of inherent value, but for reasons that exclude the supernatural. <br /><br />No, the specific goodness which Christians can attain consists of the supernatural virtues of faith, hope, and charity. There is also the help that grace gives us to live a life of virtue. Whether and to what extent we make use of that help is another matter.Fr. Michael Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926891106758008587.post-23770160478092813472012-06-26T09:24:09.723-04:002012-06-26T09:24:09.723-04:00"Humans might be able to live pursue a noble ..."Humans might be able to live pursue a noble and tasteful and even an altruistic life without God, but why should they? What’s the point? Without God the only point of human goodness must be utilitarian."<br /><br />Without God the only purpose of human goodness is other people.Rationalist1https://www.blogger.com/profile/14461900851608484538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926891106758008587.post-5517210978859083362012-06-26T06:25:34.050-04:002012-06-26T06:25:34.050-04:00Might one better ask, given the state of the commu...Might one better ask, given the state of the community of Catholic men's religious, can we be good even with God. I am convinced that I am doing better than them and according to their lights am excommunicated and heretic. I am convinced I am the better for all that makes me thus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com