(August 1, 2014 at 2:24 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: In an atheist world, where do the standards by which moral actions are measured come from?
You're asking this expecting a single source to be cited, since morality has a single source in your belief system.
That's not how it works in the real world. The standards by which moral actions are measured come ultimately from personal preference. Social standards of morality are merely those which have the support of enough individuals.
The morality of Nazis is, in an objective sense, every bit as valid as the moral system I live by. That does not mean that I have to tolerate Nazi morality if faced with it. It means I can't offer any arguments against it that are free of personal bias.
The thing is, you can't, either.