If God Does Not Exist, Then Everything Is Permitted

Many of us want to know the role of God in defining our moral principles, the theme of discourse between centuries of scholars and philosophers. Many people define morality as the natural ability of human conscience to incorporate input into the decision to believe that they exist. Some say that they will give them the power and inspiration to overcome that God 's existence (beliefs) can not comply with their ethical standards (already defined), but in particular they have their own interests When conflicting.

Dostoevsky once wrote that "If God does not exist, everything is allowed"; and for existentialism this is the starting point. Everything is forgiven if God does not exist, and people are so lonely because he can not find anything dependent on himself. He quickly found out that there were no excuses. He is free in all respects, freely accepted like freely, foolish and machine, freely rejected, freely imitate, marry, get married, give up the game, and within a few years the power of this death Tie him. He can do whatever he likes, there is no right to anyone to advise him unless he is thinking that they exist, otherwise there is neither good nor evil.

But this aspect of discussion also has an impact. If God does not exist, everything is forgiven. For as long as God wants, there is no God that will prevent us from doing what we want to do. Because there is no God to judge them, people do not need to be responsible for their actions. Without predefined values ​​and ethics of human nature, there is no determinism as to how we act in each situation. Sartre said that being a person means that you are responsible for the choice you make. But, without God, what should we do to ourselves? Who are we to decide moral and immoral things? What can I do if there is no predefined standard to tell what is good or what is wrong? Mr. Sartre said that we rely on us to judge the merit we chose. Our human race has selected valuable behavior for us, and these options continue to define for us.