Atheism and Moral Values

Urbane Guerrilla · 12-21-2008, 05:23 AM

One property of religion is it increases motivation to adhere to moral behavior -- though I can think of one exception right off the bat, LaVeyan Satanism. Moral behavior may be understood from a utilitarian standpoint as reasoned survival behavior, sometimes very closely reasoned survival behavior. Consistency in morality over time and over many places demonstrates a constancy in what is needed to survive and live well in an Earthlike environment.

12-21-2008, 05:23 AM	#20
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	One property of religion is it increases motivation to adhere to moral behavior -- though I can think of one exception right off the bat, LaVeyan Satanism. Moral behavior may be understood from a utilitarian standpoint as reasoned survival behavior, sometimes very closely reasoned survival behavior. Consistency in morality over time and over many places demonstrates a constancy in what is needed to survive and live well in an Earthlike environment. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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