Human Value Nonexistent?

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Richard Dawkins’ assessment of human worth may be depressing, but why, on atheism, is he mistaken, when he says, “there is at bottom no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pointless indifference. . . . We are machines for propagating DNA. . . . It is every living object’s sole reason for being”?

Richard Dawkins, River out of Eden: a Darwinian View of Life (New York: Basic Books, 1996), p. 133 and Richard Dawkins, “The Ultraviolet Garden,” Lecture 4 of 7 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1992)

He is right at one point. Every ideology, every school of thought, is, indeed, rooted with the desire of spreading one's DNA, furthermore making sure that it lives for ever. As a nationalist, I can confirm this. My purpose is to make sure that the DNA of my people is true to itself, pure, untainted, and propagates itself through reproduction, and produces individuals, strong in mind, heart, purpose and conviction, those who will labour hard for the next generations, so that they may live in relative prosperity and safety, and perhaps lord over others in terms of sheer power, bodily prowess, intellectual pursuits and everything else.
In truth, he does not see that "purpose of being" is the mother of all purposes in life, and is indeed, a very noble purpose, and not as "base" and primitive as I understood from the particular line you've quoted.