/lit/ - Literature

>>2017975

>it seeks through its code of values and disciplines to eliminate all possibility of wickedness

Sure.

Though when the code of values and disciplines are intrinsically immoral... they will breed immorality.

What is immoral? Wickedness.

A priori.

We could argue what is wicked, though for the sake of simplicity let us perceive it as suffering; a lack of well being, physical and mental.

Religion offers ethics that do not appeal to such a statement.

"Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion."

-Steven Weinberg

So, how smart are you guys?

Would you consider yourself intellectually gifted, don't feel arrogant; this is an anonymous board.

pic semi related, Sam Harris

>inb4people's_opinions_of_sam_harris.jpg

>>1969015

>implying that violence solves anything

An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind.

>>1928361

No, I don't own a beard. Too young.

I was thinking more along the lines of L'Étranger, but then again Meursault was a faggot