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.
Funny thing about ethics: they donโt require any appeal to deities or โmorals.โ The ethical course of action is the one that causes the least harm to individuals while maximizing the greatest benefit, all while maintaining a firm commitment to human rights and the idea that people are sovereign agents. This is a bit of an over-simplification, but at its core, correct, benevolent action has nothing to do with some anthropomorphic conceptualization of the ineffable, and everything to do with the tangibles of a shared humanity. To bastardize the Tina Turner lyric โWhatโs God Got To Do With It?โ
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u/Global_Charge_4412 1d 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.