athiests and morals??

Question

Christians base their morals on their faith and belief of what would please god. What do most athiests base their morals on. karma? or maybe just being a good person? wierd question but curious if any athiests have an answer. thanks

Answer 1

Most atheists that I've met tend to be MORE moral; as they realize this is the only life we (and others) get and want to make it count.

For example:

I take homeless guys out to lunch not because I think I'll be rewarded by some magical sky person; I do it because they've had a crappy time in their only run through life and hopefully I can make it a little better for them.

I don't need some rendering of justice in a magical afterlife; nor do I need to believe in a higher power to treat people well.

I treat people much better than meth-fueled hypocritical preachers who fleece their congregations for millions of dollars.

Answer 2

not weird, just very very tired.

Once more unto the breach:
Conscience is a faculty or sense that leads to feelings of remorse when we do things that go against our moral precepts, or which informs our moral judgment before performing such an action. Such feelings are not intellectually reached, though they may cause us to 'examine our conscience' and review those moral precepts, or perhaps resolve to avoid repeating the behaviour.

While morality is sometimes described as 'innate' in humans, the scientific view is that a capacity for morality is genetically determined in us, but the set of moral values is acquired, through example, teaching, and imprinting from parents and society. Different cultures have very different moral value systems. Moral values, along with traditions, laws, behaviour patterns, and beliefs, are the defining features of a culture.

Answer 3

The golden rule is a good rule of thumb. How do you like that mixing of cliches? I do not believe in karma. No matter how much good I do, the universe will not reward me. The same goes for bad. People may recognize my deeds and act appropriately though. I like to help people when I can. Not because I am expecting a reward on some sort, more like, I like to know I helped someone. Also, the idea that maybe if I do something good for them then they might do something good for someone else and so on and so forth.

Answer 4

My moral system is predicated on principles from deontology, utilitarianism, and ethical egoism. I mediate the ethical calculus with a calculus of potential. Instead of seeking a pleasure-pain equation as pure utilitarianism is concerned, I prefer to view it as a human potential equation. The difference is that utilitarianism would have to yield that if a mass murder's killing a hundred people was sufficiently transcendant for him it would be moral, the human potential equation would not allow the ending of one hundred partial potentials for one partial potential.

The basics of ethics are written in your very DNA. The instincts of altruism and empathy are found in every social mammal on the planet, as well as most birds and some reptiles show altruism (though not sure about empathy...)

Answer 5

Does morality come from any RATIONAL view of the universe or its cutting-edge scenario or from the thoughts a individual feels? Can any state of a universe be merely rationally favored over yet another or is it continually a query of our thoughts? Are all thoughts the two valid, e.g. the sensation of a Nazi that Jews are vermin and the sensation of an earthly humanist believing human beings are equivalent? For that rely, is morality innate or found out, on the least prompted via subculture? If the Nazis had gained might that had made Naziism any much less morally reprehensible than it rather is as we communicate? If Jesus does no longer exist does that adjust the character or the validity of any the concepts ascribed to him interior the Bible? If God exists what's the inspiration for being ethical if any immoral act will finally be rectified via God, e.g. the wronged individual would be repayed in heaven (Jesus' sought after "Blessed are the vulnerable" speech)? Why might killing be immoral if each and every physique gets infinite life afterwards (in certainty you purely helped your sufferer get to heaven quicker!)? What could be one's incentive to help the detrimental or depressing if heaven exists? Can an outstanding act executed out of worry of hell or the promise of heaven be seen to be ethical? Is Christian morality extremely good and ethical? Is it ethical to coach the different cheek and grant no resistance to the evildoer? Is it ethical to by no potential bypass any judgement on all people else? many human beings declare that there could be no technology without morality, yet enable's opposite the question. Can there be morality without technology? interior the absence of advantageous information relating to the worldwide how can one be attentive to what to alter to attain a needed ethical effect? as quickly as in the past docs taken care of many ailments with approaches we now be attentive to to be risky out of truthful concept they have been helping. have been their movements ethical? might the movements of somebody doing those remedies as we communicate be ethical? Is the refusal of blood transfusion Jehova's Witnesses for non secular reasons ethical interior the absence of empiric evidence in choose of their faith? Is refusal to settle for the validity present day advancements in technology, e.g. Darwin's concept, ethical? i think of it rather is better than adequate.

Answer 6

Anything a christian does that is ethical is butt-covering and butt-kissing. They don't really care about their neighbors, they just don't want "satan" giving them a lava enema.

Atheists do ethical things because life is a one-shot deal. We want to live in an ethical society, so we try to make it one. We also know that there's no afterlife, so the only "immortality" we can have is being remembered after we're gone.

Everybody does things for their own benefit; the key difference is, atheists don't have a "god" to rationalize our behaviour. If I do something unethical, I have to take responsibility; a christian will say, "I can be forgiven, so it's okay."

That certainly explains the pedopriests, christian terrorists like Eric Rudolph, and this moron - oops, mormon - who tried to poison his wife and then claim, "b-b-b-but I'm a good christian!"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0vkl3ZXhG8


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Answer 7

and faith is not necessarily the barometer to judge morals. If that is correct, we only need morals to be well mannered persons. Respecting others, and life in general!

Answer 8

I think society and ones upbringing dictate morals and values. I was an atheist prior to becoming a Christian and had great morals and values, not everybody needs religion to dictate common sense.

Answer 9

well i'm not atheist but atheists and agnostics base their morals on what we were taught as children basically is treat others the way you would want to be treated and reason logic common sense and empathy

Answer 10

Why do people think its a "concept" that its based on? Isn't it obvious that "I don't hurt other people because I don't want them to hurt people I care about or me in revenge".

Its not that hard to understand. Its not karma because karma is a religious concept.

Its "do unto others as you have them do unto you". Thats not religious, its logical.