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How do you know that will work for anyone else? Why believe it is an objective moral order? On the other hand, if you do believe it is a moral objective order
by yters 9y ago
How do you know that will work for anyone else? Why believe it is an objective moral order? On the other hand, if you do believe it is a moral objective order, how is that different than what religions teach?
- n4r9 9y agoI don't believe in an objective moral order, or that such a thing can be meaningfully defined. Your question was whether there's a good reason why an atheist should live by a moral standard; I gave you mine. I don't expect, but do hope for, it to work for others; my experience is that other people are not so different to me.
- yters 9y agoRight, and that sort of thing does not seem capable of maintaining a society's morality.
- n4r9 9y agoI'd have to disagree; or at least counter that irreligion does not immorality breed. The least religious nations tend also to be the most peaceful, have the best treatment of women and children, and lowest rates of teen pregnancy, STDs etc...: https://pitweb.pitzer.edu/academics/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2014/12/FAC-Zuckerman-Sociology-Compass.pdf https://pitweb.pitzer.edu/academics/wp-content/uploads/sites...