People are moral because it benefits them. Being nice to someone benefits the person being nice because it makes them feel good about themselves. People don't steal or murder because it would hurt themselves to do so. Humans are social creatures, and we live in a society that pursues that. It is impossible in the current way we live to actually be able to do bad without having a reason not to do that. You might not get caught for stealing, but you will feel bad about it, because you still have to interact with other people. Humans fundamentally can not live in any other way but a fundamental way, that in and of itself prevents people from being inherently immoral. Those who are immoral, are immoral for a reason, they believe that their god says they should do this, or that there is a reason to go through all of the negatives just to do this thing.
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Why 'should' atheists be moral?
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