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Do atheists even need an objective moral system?
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RE: Do atheists even need an objective moral system?
Well, in order for people to behave properly, they need some rules from the top brass.
Currently, these come mostly from a country's laws.
Most countries adhere more or less to the same laws so one could argue that this common group of laws could be an "objective moral code".
Objective because it is not the view of one single person or single group of persons, but what diverse and independent groups decided to be their guiding rules.
This "independency" may be challenged, given that, for example, the original US laws were adapted from European laws, which were adapted from roman + christian + jewish + (a bunch of others) laws .. but you get the picture... independent as non-communicating with each other.

That's my view on "objective morality".
Anything else is subjective.
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RE: Do atheists even need an objective moral system? - by pocaracas - December 13, 2012 at 12:31 pm

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