I’ll have to concede that atheists moral beliefs don’t mostly adhere to the 10 commandments.
The point I wished to make was that many of the moral philosophies of rationalists are very similar to their Christian counterparts. I believe the similarity is mostly due to the culture they were brought up in rather than whether they believe God exists or not. You might even consider God to be irrelevant to the issue.
I certainly agree that many people’s moral beliefs are shaped and constrained by their culture, and that God is irrelevant to this, as is belief in God.
Agreed. Obligatory Moldbug link (warning: long, and only first in a series) for an interesting derivation of (some) modern morality as atheistic Christianity.
I’ll have to concede that atheists moral beliefs don’t mostly adhere to the 10 commandments.
The point I wished to make was that many of the moral philosophies of rationalists are very similar to their Christian counterparts. I believe the similarity is mostly due to the culture they were brought up in rather than whether they believe God exists or not. You might even consider God to be irrelevant to the issue.
I certainly agree that many people’s moral beliefs are shaped and constrained by their culture, and that God is irrelevant to this, as is belief in God.
Agreed. Obligatory Moldbug link (warning: long, and only first in a series) for an interesting derivation of (some) modern morality as atheistic Christianity.