Azzie
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How does an atheist go about determining what is "right" and "wrong" with reason and logic?
Effectiveness? Efficiency? Feeling?
Effectiveness? Efficiency? Feeling?
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Levite said:I guess an Atheist wouldnt believe in absolutes rights and wrongs because if there are absolutes then there had to be a God out there that laid those rights and wrongs out there
Azzie said:Aha....interesting. Thanks everyone!
Second part of the question...What does morality achieve in atheism?
Azzie said:So that's the emphasized method, in a sense...but what's the ideal?
maybe if i rephrased it like this: If everyone follows the golden rule in every single decision they make, what would happen?
(Forgive me if these questions seem elementary, but I'm trying to make sure I don't miss some of the central details of this issue. As a result, I'm inching my way through these questions rather slowly)
Azzie said:so the utopian society, then, is what atheism strives for?
As for what good a utopian society is for other than for being content among all individuals, the questions of life after death or whatever is actually left open for each person to decide upon for themselves?
I mean, even in utopian society, people would still die. Some people, even if everyone follows the golden rule, might not be content knowing that they're going to die and nothing they did or learned could solve that (on the assumption that for those individuals, death is actually a problem.)