Where does morality come from? (An atheist perspective).

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This is one of the theories currently out there, although not all atheists will agree with it.


To learn more about altruism, check out these links:


http://www2.wwnorton.com/college/anth...
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/alt...


http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/...
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This is a very simple concept, most people should be able to grasp this easily, but are unwilling to even try. The religious always claim "if we don't have religion, where do we get morality?". Which is why they should understand that morality is an innate quality in most humans (some need to be bribed perhaps). The fact that Christians, for example, are able to cherry-pick the nice verses, reflects that the moral-hard-wiring already exists within their brains.