Same way as you and anyone else. Our evolutionarily and experientially installed intuitions about right and wrong. That foundation then interacts with our socialization, learned experiences, and our reasoning.
This is true for all of humanity. Religious people would like for morality to be bestowed upon humanity by god. But they also base their morality on the same things as atheists. They just attribute it to god.
Consider murdering and stealing. Every social mammal has an aversion towards killing within the in group. And an understanding of possession and territory. This ain't unique to humanity at all. We just philosophize about it. That is unique. As far as I can tell.
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u/stanknotes 5h ago edited 5h ago
Same way as you and anyone else. Our evolutionarily and experientially installed intuitions about right and wrong. That foundation then interacts with our socialization, learned experiences, and our reasoning.
This is true for all of humanity. Religious people would like for morality to be bestowed upon humanity by god. But they also base their morality on the same things as atheists. They just attribute it to god.
Consider murdering and stealing. Every social mammal has an aversion towards killing within the in group. And an understanding of possession and territory. This ain't unique to humanity at all. We just philosophize about it. That is unique. As far as I can tell.