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<p>they’re only well-intentioned wrt people within their moral circle. :p</p>
<p>globalization has expanded the moral circles of most people. but this is a VERY recent phenomenon - as we know - people didn’t extend their moral circles to “subhuman” peoples until after WWII.</p>
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<p>It actually depends on some AXIOMS though. For example, the MORAL AXIOMS that Christians subscribe to are different from the MORAL AXIOMS that, say, atheist liberal animal rights activists would subscribe to. </p>
<p>They’re really just following their own axioms. But axiomatic systems really spring from our evolution - an evolution that prizes cooperation in people within our moral circle.</p>
<p>Actually, one of the things is - that atheists and Christians subscribe to different axioms. Some atheists and Christians do believe in a reconciliation of sorts - others believe that such reconciliation is impossible. </p>
<p>If your axiomatic system is along the lines of “all atheists should be wiped off the face of the Earth” (there are passages in the Bible that can be INTERPRETED IN SOME WAYS to support this - but interpretations of the Bible have been used to support just about anything - like slavery) - then there is going to be no way you’re going to reconcile yourself to the existence of atheists for example</p>
<p>it’s an interesting idea - google marc hauser’s “moral minds”</p>