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Atheists; what do you base your morals on?
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RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on?
(March 7, 2013 at 7:48 pm)mo66 Wrote: Logic? Could you elaborate?

Well there is properly basic praise. Then there is levels based on perception of the action.

But logic is one dimension of analyzing why an action is wrong. It isn't the case that logic is necessary for all good actions but it is the case that logic is needed for many good actions. It is not necessarily logic is needed to perceive why an action is evil, but reasoning is needed.

Logic however is needed to comprehend language, a situation, the complexity of other situations.

For example, why should I obey traffic rules. You use the following logic:

Severe harm sometimes comes out disobeying traffic rules and even deaths.
I am against harming (innocent) humans and causing death to them.
Therefore it's moral if I obey traffic rules to make it less likely that I cause severe harm or death to (innocent) humans.

In other words, you have primary belief in a moral. But logic is necessary to branch out that principle to other things.
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RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by MysticKnight - March 7, 2013 at 8:02 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Cinjin - March 11, 2013 at 11:32 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Cinjin - March 11, 2013 at 12:21 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Tonus - March 15, 2013 at 12:11 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by C3P0 - March 15, 2013 at 4:10 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 15, 2013 at 11:25 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Nine - March 16, 2013 at 2:39 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 16, 2013 at 10:19 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 16, 2013 at 10:29 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 16, 2013 at 10:34 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Cato - March 17, 2013 at 1:01 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Tonus - March 17, 2013 at 10:05 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 18, 2013 at 4:20 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 19, 2013 at 11:11 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Tonus - March 22, 2013 at 10:35 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 23, 2013 at 3:56 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 23, 2013 at 5:24 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 23, 2013 at 6:06 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 24, 2013 at 9:10 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 24, 2013 at 10:18 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 24, 2013 at 11:29 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 25, 2013 at 4:43 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by smax - March 25, 2013 at 8:05 am
Re: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by frz - March 18, 2013 at 11:27 am
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 19, 2013 at 10:39 pm
RE: Atheists; what do you base your morals on? - by Silver - March 19, 2013 at 10:45 pm

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