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Atheist moral code
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RE: Atheist moral code
March 7, 2015 at 6:52 pm
(March 7, 2015 at 6:34 pm)Void Wrote: Well, I don't know about this, but it does seem like most (maybe not all) atheists base their beliefs on reason. And rape being immoral is something that we also can conclude from good reason. Could reason be a source that atheists extract moral norms from?

Sure. I can't think of a better thing to base any belief on than reason and evidence. We often get theists coming in here to assert that this somehow isn't good enough, but it's about as objective as we can demonstrate to exist, and I feel bad for them that a reasonable answer isn't good enough.
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Atheist moral code - by Void - March 4, 2015 at 3:58 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by robvalue - March 4, 2015 at 4:05 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Neo-Scholastic - March 4, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Alex K - March 4, 2015 at 10:58 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Faith No More - March 4, 2015 at 11:47 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Alex K - March 4, 2015 at 11:51 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Jenny A - March 4, 2015 at 12:02 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Faith No More - March 4, 2015 at 12:15 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Esquilax - March 4, 2015 at 3:03 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Simon Moon - March 4, 2015 at 3:51 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by I Am Not A Human Being - March 24, 2015 at 8:14 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 4, 2015 at 4:20 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Norman Humann - March 4, 2015 at 4:09 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 4, 2015 at 3:52 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Norman Humann - March 4, 2015 at 4:09 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 4, 2015 at 4:35 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Alex K - March 4, 2015 at 4:43 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by robvalue - March 4, 2015 at 5:08 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Homeless Nutter - March 4, 2015 at 7:48 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by ManMachine - March 4, 2015 at 11:22 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by FreeTony - March 4, 2015 at 11:42 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Neo-Scholastic - March 4, 2015 at 2:44 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Neo-Scholastic - March 4, 2015 at 3:19 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Esquilax - March 4, 2015 at 4:11 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Faith No More - March 4, 2015 at 3:35 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Angrboda - March 4, 2015 at 4:05 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Neo-Scholastic - March 6, 2015 at 9:37 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Angrboda - March 6, 2015 at 11:49 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 4, 2015 at 4:12 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by CapnAwesome - March 4, 2015 at 4:13 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 4, 2015 at 4:45 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 4, 2015 at 5:09 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by CapnAwesome - March 4, 2015 at 8:57 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by comet - March 4, 2015 at 4:15 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 4, 2015 at 5:17 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 4, 2015 at 7:16 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Spooky - March 6, 2015 at 9:04 am
RE: Atheist moral code - by Lek - March 7, 2015 at 4:48 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 5:11 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Thumpalumpacus - March 7, 2015 at 5:28 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 7, 2015 at 5:40 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by CapnAwesome - March 7, 2015 at 6:08 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by AFTT47 - March 7, 2015 at 5:50 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 7, 2015 at 6:34 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 6:52 pm
RE: Atheist moral code - by Void - March 7, 2015 at 7:07 pm

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