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Originally Posted by cellophanedeity
Lets use your example of giving money to charity. If the reasoning behind your giving "is because the Bible says it is a good thing", this is less philosophically valuable than questioning it. I think that it would be more valuable to [say] "The Bible says that charity is a good thing, and this [insert other reason here] is why this is true."
I am not saying that it is necissarily inappropriate for people to believe things solely upon scripture. I would not advocate it, but I'm not particularly against it. What I am against, is people passing scripture for philosophy.
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Both good points, and points I would completely agree with. Just for the sake of clarity, I assume that in the first paragraph quoted above, you mean something like my saying that charity is good because, were I in need, I would want people to be charitable towards me. For your second point, I agree with it as long as you don't think that everyone needs to be a philosopher. I think that to some extent, we should all lead thoughtful lives. But it's simply not the case that the people I work with at the factory could or should lead a life as thoughtful as that of a monk or a philosopher professor. Exactly how this works out, I don't know.