(January 30, 2018 at 4:03 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:(January 30, 2018 at 3:51 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: The desired end is a just society. Democracy is only the means to that end and its effectiveness in doing so is contingent on the virtue of its citizenry. Unless the body politic recognizes an authority higher than its own general will it is nothing more than an amoral mob.
And yet, many atheists have virtue and morality without believing in a higher authority.
Indeed, they think they get it from themselves.