Atheists; what do you base your morals on?

[Angrboda]

A sense of duty and praise are not unusual to have even if you have not emotion...I think. I could be wrong, I just don't see any obvious reason for it, unless empathy is paried with emotion here.

"When duty is your friend, then duty is your only friend."

Not sure if it's true. It's just something I said on another forum. Though it's how I feel.

Duty and virtue are large parts of my world; traditional ethics, not so much. I'll note for clarity here that I am not an atheist, and yes, I am mentally ill in ways that are morally relevant.

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And what if a verse from any one of "the Books" conflicted with your innate moral compass? Would you speak out against it?
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You mean "natural urges" For example, a lot of human beings I'm sure feel sexual urges to cheat on their life partner, does that mean it's innate? No, in fact, sometimes they know for a fact what they are doing is wrong, but they do it anyway because they want to satisfy their animalistic desires. But I understand what you mean anyway, yes, I would speak out against things that aren't allowed but which our natural tendencies would prompt us to explore

Those that do wrong, knowing they do wrong, can be controlled. There is nothing so dangerous as a man who believes himself to be in the right.