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Quote by: ShOuLdEr  Ethics without "God"
This morning my ethics professor told me bluntly during a debate in class that there can be no ethics without "God" and that any logical athiest/agnostic cannot argue against this.
I believe ethics can be based soley on social standards and laws
I found this on Ethics Without Gods
One of the first questions Atheists are asked by true believers and doubters alike is, “If you don’t believe in God, there’s nothing to prevent you from committing crimes, is there? Without the fear of hell-fire and eternal damnation, you can do anything you like, can’t you?”
this is pretty much what my professor told me.
thoughts? |
Can you provide more data on the following :
- ethics professor
Does it mean that you are a student on university, and one of the subjects is "Ethics" ?
What do you think the Law and the Social standards are based on ?
I followed that link.
Frank R. Zindler - the (alleged) author of that article - seems to present a populistic concept of life in the Universe. His "
credo" :
"One of the first questions Atheists are asked by true believers and doubters alike is, “
If you don’t believe in God, there’s nothing to prevent you from committing crimes, is there? Without the fear of hell-fire and eternal damnation, you can do anything you like, can’t you?”
This expression carries a significant ammount of populism-filled-with claptrap, and it could be taken as insult to Mankind's intelligence.
A sort of childish approach, backed up by unsupported arguments on some subjects, presented within his article.
My thoughts :
- answer my questions, first.