Even so, it seems valuable to explore the implications of the idea presented in the post, even if the post author did not endorse the idea fully. I personally think the alternative view—that humans naturally converge on very similar values—is highly unlikely to be true, and as Joe wrote, seems to be a “thus-far-undefended empirical hypothesis – and one that, absent a defense, might prompt questions, from the atheists, about wishful thinking”.
Even so, it seems valuable to explore the implications of the idea presented in the post, even if the post author did not endorse the idea fully. I personally think the alternative view—that humans naturally converge on very similar values—is highly unlikely to be true, and as Joe wrote, seems to be a “thus-far-undefended empirical hypothesis – and one that, absent a defense, might prompt questions, from the atheists, about wishful thinking”.