Atheism and vegetarianism

[lrh9]

Or have I misunderstood you?

Not at all.

Moral nihilism would not be a good basis for law-making. Rational debate would be impossible. Everyone would just end asserting his or her opinion. It may be philosophically true to say that there are no objective morals, but it's not practical.

It's the only basis for law making. Self interest governs all. The fact that self interest can be maximized in group policy does not make your morality real and agents maximizing the fulfillment of their self interests is by its very definition rational behavior.

By this definition, all moral judgements are heavy-handed. Anyway, it's not heavy-handed or absolute. Some omnivores may eat only free-range organic meat, making them more ethical than those who don't. My moral system allows for shades of grey.

My values based system can explain any outcome for a situation.

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The same cannot be said of the gnostic atheist (the atheist who says "there is no God").