Rape isn't wrong just because it destabilizes society. It's because we, as animals that are capable of empathy, understand just how much it hurts the victim. We are moved to try and do our best to comfort them and prevent someone else from undergoing the same suffering.
Does it really matter if our morality has an objective basis? Studies have shown that humans from different cultures and backgrounds respond very similarly when posed moral dilemmas. Some human traits are simply universal, and can even be seen historically in the laws of civilizations that are similar even though they are isolated from one another.
I'm not really getting what the OP is trying to say here. Is he saying that morality from an atheistic point of view isn't valid because it has no objective basis? That's simply not the case since most atheists are just as law-abiding and moral as any other person you'd care to name.
Does it really matter if our morality has an objective basis? Studies have shown that humans from different cultures and backgrounds respond very similarly when posed moral dilemmas. Some human traits are simply universal, and can even be seen historically in the laws of civilizations that are similar even though they are isolated from one another.
I'm not really getting what the OP is trying to say here. Is he saying that morality from an atheistic point of view isn't valid because it has no objective basis? That's simply not the case since most atheists are just as law-abiding and moral as any other person you'd care to name.
