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That's just circular reasoning.
No, it isn't.
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You are also assuming that being freer and more humane is better.
I am not assuming that it is.
I look to history and it shows me that it is.
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Another group could believe that thier morality is better and that being free and humane doesn't matter.
For them, your morality is worthless.
How can you criticize their morality?
From a historical and philosophical persoective, I can easily do so.
They don't have to accept my premise that freedom and humane treatment of others is better, but the point is, my morality is based upon a relatively rational basis.
Saying "X is moral because we believe God said it is moral" is a pretty lame reason for morality.
I would then ask, if you believe that your God declared it moral to rape and murder and commit genocide,
a la Old testament, does that make rape and murder and genocide moral?
Under their morality, it does.
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This assumes that greater peace, contentment, and prosperity for all is a good thing. Another group might not.
True.
Of course, se are rather evolved to be social animals and we also evolved to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Stress over long time periods does bad things to our bodies, even causing us to abort pregnancies and die prematurely. I think we are rather biologically driven to want to live peacefully and prosperously.
Greed and disdain for those who are considered "other" is a human characteristic, but as what people consider "the tribe" comes to encompass more and more of the entire population of the planet, the more it seems to make sense to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
In other words, Jesus was right when he urged all of us to treat each other the way we would wish to be treated.
That seems to be part of what makes us human.