I think that’s a fairly modest claim. Note I don’t say the only way.
Religion is evidence (albeit weak and in some respects contradictory evidence) of a certain form of morality bing true. The probability of certain religions existing is different conditional on certain moral facts being true. I would emphasize that taken seriously this leads to conclusions that are very different than most traditional religions. But I think the argument is valid.
Moral intuitionism is another option. But, imo, it’s hard to argue why human intuition should be a good predictor of morality without some supernatural element.
It’s also true that even if you don’t now what your specific moral duties are. Attempting to discover them is them a moral duty in most circumstances. But, that’s sort of a second order argument, and depends on your views wrt moral uncertainty.
But those are the only three ways of dealing with the issue I’ve seen.
I think that’s a fairly modest claim. Note I don’t say the only way.
Religion is evidence (albeit weak and in some respects contradictory evidence) of a certain form of morality bing true. The probability of certain religions existing is different conditional on certain moral facts being true. I would emphasize that taken seriously this leads to conclusions that are very different than most traditional religions. But I think the argument is valid.
Moral intuitionism is another option. But, imo, it’s hard to argue why human intuition should be a good predictor of morality without some supernatural element.
It’s also true that even if you don’t now what your specific moral duties are. Attempting to discover them is them a moral duty in most circumstances. But, that’s sort of a second order argument, and depends on your views wrt moral uncertainty.
But those are the only three ways of dealing with the issue I’ve seen.