slaveofone’s archive for March 22nd, 2006

In Humanism, All Things Are Arbitrary by slaveofone

For a humanist, the final thing which exists—that is, the impersonal universe—is neutral and silent about right and wrong, cruelty and non-cruelty. Humanism has no way to provide absolutes. Thus, as a consistent result of humanism’s position, humanism in private morals and political life is left with that which is arbitrary.

Francis Schaefer, How Should We Then Live?