Do you believe in a universal morality?

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<p>Or do you believe that your actions have only an arbitrary basis and not a transcendental one?</p>

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<p>can you explain what you're talking about?</p>

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<p>look, if Edward O Wilson, Ben Golub, and Richard Dawkins all agree, it's probably right that there is no such thing as universal morality</p>

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<p>Do you believe that there are some general moral laws that [mostly] everyone should abide by?</p>

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<p>I want to know how much of CC agrees with E.O. Wilson, Ben Golub, and Richard Dawkins.</p>

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<p>Do you believe that there are some general moral laws that everyone should abide by? O, yea I DO!</p>

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<p>What are those laws, Sheed?</p>

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<p>Well, to tell you the truth, I'm hellsa religious so i believe that my religion is the "only" correct one....it goes from there.</p>

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<p>"Do you believe that there are some general moral laws that everyone should abide by?"</p>

<p>Not everyone. But by the majority of the population (in order to ensure a properly functioning society) perhaps.</p>

<p>"everyone" is impossible - society still functions even though a small percentage of it has antisocial personality disorder</p>

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I want to know how much of CC agrees with E.O. Wilson, Ben Golub, and Richard Dawkins.

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<p>CC is ~50-60% atheist/agnostic. But it probably depends on the reasons why you're atheist/agnostic. Most atheist/agnostic Asians I know are that way only because their parents/cultures haven't been religious. This probably applies to most whites as well. A few people have actively pondered the question and I suppose that it's a significant proportion of these who would agree with them.</p>

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<p>Please, elaborate.</p>

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<p>being atheist/agnostic doesn't mean you don't have moral values</p>

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being atheist/agnostic doesn't mean you don't have moral values

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<p>Read arbitrary basis and not a transcendental one</p>

<p>Atheism/agnosticism is (virtually necessary) but (not sufficient) to believe that moral values come from some material basis, not some basis from "high above"</p>

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being atheist/agnostic doesn't mean you don't have moral values

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<p>Exactly.</p>

<p>No, there is no such thing as inherent morals. Morality is the result of very typically human judgment; just as nothing has inherent value (that is another human projection), nothing is inherently good or bad. It's more a result of cultural agreements than any universal state of nature. And we all know how much different cultures agree.</p>

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<p>^ Well said. I whole-heartedly agree.</p>

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<p>Atheist conservative. thats the way to go. :) I am ALWAYS correct lol.</p>

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<p>Except when you're incorrect.</p>

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<p>Does not happen much jk</p>

<p>P-Town= portland?</p>

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<p>yep :D</p>

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<p>nice. am actually from suburbs of portland/beaverton</p>

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<p>awesomeness. do you mind saying what school you go to...just PM me.</p>