Can objective morality exist without God?

Answer 1

Always has.
Morals are merely the agreed upon norms of a society at a given time.
God(s) or religion have little to do with it.

Answer 2

If Objective morality exist is without any gods because objectively speaking we must admit that religions are a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality and the very idea of gods is a product of the human imagination.

Answer 3

Of course objective morality can exist without an imaginary God. It's usually referred to as "the Law." It describes forbidden behaviors and prescribes the punishments deliberate violators can expect to receive.

Answer 4

It seems that there is no objective morality since a relative case can be made to move the goal post. However, does the lack of objective morality absolutely mean a God cannot exist? Objective reality is more about the desperation of theists looking for a "need" for their imaginary God, since nature does not appear to need God. It makes sense, if there is something that cannot be had without a God and we have it, it would be hard for a skeptic to reason around such a connection. Even if objective morality could exist, you still need to demonstrate that it could not happen without a God and that is where theists will fail. It's just like nature, we know it exists, but we better understand that a God is not required. It would be the same if objective morality could exist, we will learn that a God is not required.

Answer 5

Define "Objective Morality"


Even if there is a God, and God says "This Moral. That is Amoral" Is that not just subjective to what God thinks is moral or amoral?

Answer 6

You can make subjective decisions on a set of moral standards from which objective moral judgements can be made based on those standards.

This is the way the vast majority of people make moral decisions. For example most, even Christians reject much of the "moral" lessons of the bible, we recognize slavery, infanticide, killing witches, adulterers etc is immoral, we have created a superior secular moral system to the moral teachings of the bible.

Answer 7

It does and no god needed nowhere.

Answer 8

Of course it can.

Answer 9

Sure.We aren’t drones who follow orders.Even the most prominent christian philosophers such as Descartes denied that morality is an outcome of religious upbringing.

Answer 10

Yes. Morality is about well being of sentient creatures. When we’re talking about morality, we’re talking about actions having an impact on surviving and thriving in the world, with an understanding actions have consequences. We are physical beings in a physical universe, and that objectively dictates what the consequences of our actions are.