A place for atheists to discuss morality issues. What shapes your morality? What new perspectives have you found since abandoning faith (if you ever had any)? Is there any merit to religious moral authority?
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To Ruth A-G; you may find interesting some essays I have on my blog.
http://www.atheistnexus.org/profiles/blogs/atheist-foundations-of-e...
http://www.atheistnexus.org/profiles/blogs/stuff-ive-written-on-abo...
Thanks for the great comments, Ruth, with compelling visuals that really reinforce the words!
About rights: they don't come from a god, but they're not arbitrary grants from a government either. The most convincing position I've encountered (in a bit of casual reading; I Am Not A Philosopher) is that rights are recognized by people and governments in response to wrongs.
He's in politics for the money.
quote: "Our rights come from nature and God, not government."
- Paul Ryan
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