Can atheists be morally good?
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Can atheists be morally good?
That means atheists are not only more than capable of leading moral lives, they may even be able to lead more moral lives than religious believers who confuse divine law and punishment with right and wrong.
Why is the argument from atheism unsound?
Why, according to Shafer-Landu, is it unsound? A. The argument from atheism says ethics is objective if God exist, but God doesn’t exist. Therefore, ethics isn’t objective.
Can an atheist be moral according to the divine command theory?
The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by what God commands, and that for a person to be moral is to follow his commands. He also contended that, as knowledge of God is required for morality by divine command theory, atheists and agnostics could not be moral; he saw this as a weakness of the theory.
Can a person be moral by using reason alone even without religion Why or why not?
It is simply impossible for people to be moral without religion or God. The question of whether or not morality requires religion is both topical and ancient. In the Euthyphro, Socrates famously asked whether goodness is loved by the gods because it is good, or whether goodness is good because it is loved by the gods.
What kind of moral contradictions or inconsistencies confront religious believers?
What kinds of moral contradictions or inconsistencies confront religious believers? Religious moral codes and other major religious rules of conduct are too vague to omit interpretation, which depends on ethics. What are the premises in the arbitrariness argument against the divine command theory?
What makes someone immoral?
A person is immoral if that person breaks the moral rules. A person is amoral if that person does not know about or care about the moral rules. A person is ethical if that person is aware of the basic principles governing moral conduct and acts in a manner consistent with those principles.