Atheist ethics
Ian | 2 July, 2007 | 16:44There’s a very misguided view that atheists don’t have ethics since they don’t have a god to answer to. The better question is though, is it really true ethics if you’re just doing it out of fear?
I don’t do good deeds to appease a racist, genocidal, masochist god.
(from a Facebook discussion board)
I think that I have fairly decent ethics, maybe not the highest, but I know my right from wrong and am good with where I stand.
So again, please don’t consider me immoral just because I don’t believe what you believe. It’s a really weak argument.


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