IcebergSlimFast t1_jaa1brn wrote
Reply to comment by BmanGorilla in Universal ethics/basic law for all people & global moral education: A new way to sustainability and peace? by fortin1984
Hard pass on the first four commandments, which are completely irrelevant to any non-religious person.
They don’t even get around to the not murdering part until number six, which frankly seems a bit late for something so obviously basic and important. Not to mention, the commandments on their own don’t even provide any guidance on when killing is okay vs not. And as anyone who’s ever even skimmed through the Old Testament is well aware, there are so many relatively minor crimes deserving punishment by death that there may as well be a big, fat asterisk on that one.
In conclusion: not a very helpful place to start searching for universal morality.
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