Asclepias
Diamond Member
Depends on what you mean by "right". Just because you think something is good doesnt make it right. I think sex is good but I wouldnt rape someone because I have morals.So if Ted Bundy thought in his mind that killing and raping little girls was a good thing to do then this makes it "right"?Their brain?No I believe morality can be found in universal metaphysical laws.So, are you saying that it's only the threat of eternal damnation that prevents you from raping, torturing and murder?Most atheists I have talked to in this day and age more or less have a strictly materialist view of the world, and typically say that man is no different than an animal.
This makes me wonder how atheists can logically justify having morals; for example if rape, torture, or murder aided one's own survival or the survival of one's group why should they be off the table?
If someone believes the physical world is all that exists though where does their knowledge of right and wrong come from?
Isn't that just nihilism then; right and wrong are meaningless beyond the individual's whim?