Do You Need Religion to Be a Moral Person?
Not visiting any temples and not believing in any god is also a viable option. As the last few centuries have proved, we don’t need to invoke God’s name in order to live a moral life. Secularism can provide us with all the values we need.
Yuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Frans de Waal's book, The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates, explores the biological and evolutionary roots of human morality, arguing that our ethical behavior is innate and shared with other social primates, not a cultural overlay imposed by religion or reason.
Summary of The Bonobo and the Atheist
The central thesis
... See moreIf god doesn’t exist morality cannot exist. Establish common ground that we believe morality exists in the practical sense. There is an internal guilt and pride response to acts as well as an external system of law put in place. Somewhere between these two systems morality exists. Now a common argument is an objective morality cannot exist without
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