Faith

Can people live moral lives without religion?

For

Human empathy and logic can define what is right and wrong.

Against

Without faith, morality can become flexible and self-serving.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Morality without God is based on objective standards such as the innate sense of empathy that most humans are born with
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  • Of course it is, there are a number of objective moral theories that do not invoke God.
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Against

  • No. Everyone agrees on certain objective morals. For example, the value of life. Everyone agrees murder is immoral. Without God, everything would be subjective.
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  • Only God can ground objective morality, that is to say he alone defines what is good or bad for all people
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