Because compassion/sympathy/empathy are human qualities, and thus one can want to live in ways that (at a minimum) do not harm others, and perhaps to live in wa

Because compassion/sympathy/empathy are human qualities, and thus one can want to live in ways that (at a minimum) do not harm others, and perhaps to live in ways that help others. I am Catholic, but the morality of an atheist is no surprise to me.