RE: Why 'should' atheists be moral?
November 28, 2014 at 1:22 pm
(This post was last modified: November 28, 2014 at 1:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 28, 2014 at 1:13 pm)vincent150 Wrote: I touched upon this in my first post and don't think it is a valid answer. Yes if everyone was immoral it would make for a much worse community, but the way it is now, if you know everyone else in the community will be moral, why not benefit yourself by being one of the few immoral people in it.People do that, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If they cross the line into illegality the answer becomes simple.
-because we'll put you in a box/hit you on the head with a brick.
If those things aren't enough to dissuade you, so be it (and clearly for some they aren't)...but at least we know where we stand in relation. I don;t think that this is really much to the advatnage of anyone, but I don't think that morality -has to be- an issue of advantage...though it could be. Personally, by whatever measure I could call myself a good person, it has it's origins in no justification, no reason - it's just who I am, I'm comfortable with that - I simply don't require a reason. How about you?
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