Atheism and Ethics

[Lucian]

If we separate morality and ethics we can say "morality is at best hypothetical" ....in a world where ethics certainly do exist.... we might keep in mind that morality is about what's right and wrong whereas ethics are the rules of a game.  We know how we enforce ethics.  With literal kicks..if needs be.  Rightly or wrongly.

How do you think a real morality would operate?

Fair comment (I think).
I don’t think a real morality (mind-independent categorical standard) would necessarily function differently from a mere belief in it. What could be different though between anti-realist and realist views is how it plays out in terms of dogmatism. Moral abolitionists argue that a belief in on objective morality can cause harm through dogmatically sticking to views considered right even where harmful to others. I think I have mentioned such things as the place of women in society, racism etc. that isn’t to say that I fully agree with this assessment, nor that a belief in objective morality must necessarily lead to such issues. Nor is it saying that anti-realists couldn’t slip into such positions, but the possibility seems higher to me
On the anti-realist side there are also issues with perhaps people acting on their desires more. However I think that evolutionarily most of us are wired to want to help others, starting with kin, but that spreading more widely as societies grow. We still would want a to do some kicking, and that is hard enough

So… I don’t think they would necessarily work out differently, but I think there are different dangers of excess attached to both