RE: Why be good?
May 27, 2015 at 8:14 am
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2015 at 8:15 am by Alex K.)
(May 27, 2015 at 7:34 am)Randy Carson Wrote: 38 responses overnight. Thank you.
I won't be able to respond to all of them before heading off to work, but let me says this:
I'm not asking whether atheists can be good people or whether they are good people. Despite much of the rudeness and foul language directed at me
Quote:What I am asking is: what is the BASIS for objective moral behavior? Where does it come from?
You are begging the question here a little. There is no basis for objective morality if there is no objective morality. However, there is a sort of objective human morality which stems from our makeup as a social animal, our capability of empathy (which most of us share), and our very real desire for a stable and peaceful society. It is not objective beyond human standards, and it doesn't need to be.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition