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Quote by: Kuldeep  Well, it is already mentioned by most the contributors that Ethics and morality can exist without God or after life. Since, it comes from the inner most of one's mind, conscence that if I want others should not harm me, I too should not harm others. But then greed, selfishness, temptations etc. are other properties of life, which forces a person to commit sins. Such acts too do exist even in the presence of conception of God and after life.
Thus, concluding ethics could exist even without God or Religion !!! |
Okay, what are you talking about? "inner most of one's mind". First of all, is there a mind? And does the mind have an "inner most" part? Next, it is obvious you're a Christian, just because of the way you use the concepts of greed and selfishness. See, in Christian metaphysics things can be one of two things, good or evil. Its a black and white viewpoint that causes more harm than good and tends to clump victims and oppressors in together. Concepts like greed are evil. And one who is acting greedy is sinning. Sin does not exist for atheists. Morals for atheists are not based on Good vs. Evil, thats a theological perspective on morals. For an atheist, morals can involve a number of possible dichotomies, like Good vs Bad, or Helpful vs Harmful, Pleasure/Pain, Success/Failure, etc. And those moral dichotomies affect the way an atheists percieves morality.
Me, I just drop the whole thing and don't play any part in it. Believing in morals is a way of describing your own preferences and dislikes in a dogmatic theistic way.