RE: Atheism and morality
July 3, 2013 at 10:56 am
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2013 at 10:56 am by Rahul.)
(July 3, 2013 at 10:51 am)FallentoReason Wrote:Rahul Wrote:I've never been "instructed" to be moral. I've felt inclined to be moral(altruistic) because it makes me feel better about myself as a person
Which, ironically, takes all the altruism away from your percieved altruistic nature.
Yeah. Well the definition of altruism is still being bickered about in a lot of quarters. Technically a fly landing in a spider web for a spider to eat is altruistic according to the most common definition.
I consider helping someone without receiving anything tangible in return to be altruistic.
I don't consider a "feeling" tangible in that sense.
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