ATHEISTS: HOW DO YOU DETERMINE RIGHT FROM WRONG, GOOD FROM EVIL ?

advice : ATHEISTS: HOW DO YOU DETERMINE RIGHT FROM WRONG, GOOD FROM EVIL ?

[+] ballot by thesoothsayer
created Sat Feb 17, 07
Is it "programed into humans by sheer chance ? Is there no right or wrong ? Does might make right ? Does The majority determines the norms ? Is It a set of rules everyone agrees on ? I hope religious people wade in on this subject also, but due to the fact some people believe we are here because of cirumstances of ingredients and chance I wanted feedback from them in particular...

It is programed into human subconciousness
It is a set of rules/laws we must obey
It is based on religious tenets
There is no right or wrong
Might makes right
The majority determines what's right
Some things are just taboo
I listen to my consince to determine right from wrong.

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COMMENTS:
Voted : There is no right or wrong
There is only Zen

What is right or wrong is a misconception. We can't split a thought into pure forms of good and bad.

What's right for you may not necessarialy be right for someone else. Morality is not concrete nor do people need ancient scrolls attributed to a deity to define their values.

Nothing is inherently right or wrong. All fire or all ice. Creation and all that exists, exists some where in the middle.

by passiveson on Sat Feb 17, 07 6:56pm [+]

I think, in its purest form, "right" and "wrong" mean those things that do or do not sustain or promote life, maintain the community, and create a balanced environment. Humans beings are not hard wired to believe in the same concepts of right and wrong, but they have the ability to understaned the long term consequences of their actions--from this, I believe, stem the rudiments for determinng what is right or wrong for a particular community. I stress "particular communuity" because different communities have different ideas about what right and wrong are.

by forgetmenot on Sat Feb 17, 07 7:18pm [+]

^ Good comment.

by Doctordraw on Sun Feb 18, 07 7:17am [+]

Easy! Good things are legal, bad things are against the law.

I don't need a religion to tell me that.

by Grapost on Sun Feb 25, 07 8:53am [+]

We think about it and make a decision for ourselves unlike religious types who blindly obey.

by blaster on Fri Nov 09, 07 10:29am [+]