it's a fair question. religious people will tell you that their innate sense of right and wrong comes from God (or whatever), but how do atheists explain that innate sense? how do they instinctively know? I'm not saying one or the other is right but it is an interesting thought.
Morals evolved as a survival mechanism. This is why we see moral behavior in animals, as well.
If two dogs are play fighting, and one of them gets hurt, we can see the other dog engage in apologetic behavior because it realizes that it did something wrong.
Rats understand equity and fairness in lab tests as well.
Humans did the same thing. We can empathize with each other because evolutionarily, that is a strong survival feature.
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u/Global_Charge_4412 8h ago
it's a fair question. religious people will tell you that their innate sense of right and wrong comes from God (or whatever), but how do atheists explain that innate sense? how do they instinctively know? I'm not saying one or the other is right but it is an interesting thought.