"moral obligation"

[Cary Cook]

The term "moral obligation" causes confusion and paradoxes.

Obligation implies requirement.

There is moral SHOULD, but no moral obligation, unless moral action is determined or coerced.

 

There are 2 kinds of SHOULD: (1)pragmatic and (2)moral.

One should(1) do what is in his own best interest.

One should(2) do what is in everyone's best interest.

 

Assuming a God...

If God is just, then everyone should obey God, because it is everyone's best interest.

If God is NOT just, then there is no such thing as MORAL should; there is only PRAGMATIC should.

 

If moral action is defined as whatever God wants, then even if it is in no one's best interest but his own, then the term MORAL becomes meaningless for all practical purposes.

 

Cary

 

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