From the article: Godless Ethics, Morality, and Values: Do Godless Morals & Values Exist?
Religious theists may claim that their religious morality is superior to secular, atheistic, and godless morality, but there are plenty of secular, godless values that require neither theism nor religion. In fact, there are values which are contrary to many fundamental religious perspectives. Some atheists focus on intellectual values like skepticism and critical thinking while others focus on political or moral values. Which secular, godless values are most important in your life and why?
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Acceptance
- I have seen more Christians practice non-acceptance, because that's what they were lead to believe was the "right thing" to do. In doing this it makes me think, why would you want to believe in something that negativity into your life? Always looking out for what shouldn't be there instead of accepting what is. ??
- —Guest Christina
deist
- ethics are the standards by which we live our lives personally (as individuals). They should not be used as standards by which we judge others. We should do the right thing because it leads to the best life (Socrates). If we see the right thing as a burden we do not understand ethics and are not moral regardless of our actions. This is the problem with organized religion. It does not teach us how to have the best life but demands that we adhere to its dogmas.
- —Guest Ken
Important Secular Values
- I think that the right to life, integrity of one's limbs, health, liberty, equality of opportunity, fraternity, freedom of conscience, property, marriage, and the like are universally recognized values.
- —Guest Mayuram V.Sankaran
ethics and morality
- To be fair to my earlier post, only the prison population came from Clinton's book, New York Times and CIA Worldbook.
- —Guest Ronald
ethics and morality
- One way to look at success is with statistics. Japan. 1 percent Christian over 60 percent Atheist. 59 citizens in Prison per 100,000. United States 85 percent Christian 5 to 10 percent Atheist. by some measures, the United States in the most Christian nation in the world. 743 citizens prison population per 100,000 people. CIA worldbook of statistics. New York Times. "Back to Work" Bill Clinton. My comment. Violent and cruel Gods makes for violent and cruel cultures and societies.
- —Guest Ronald
same-sex marriage
- I value same-sex marriage. Marriage is unity of love, not unity of man and woman. Everyone has the right to be treated equally. Just like the Black and White.
- —Guest Riley
Staying out of other people's pants
- Certain theists are just way too concerned about sexual orientation.
- —Guest MikeM
Education
- "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~Aristotle “The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.” ~Ben Franklin “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” ~Abraham Lincoln "Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." ~Robert Frost “The highest result of education is tolerance.” ~Helen Keller
- —Guest V
Love
- Love seems to be missing here. With the influence of bronze age religious beliefs, love has become a thing to fear. It's simply the most important emotions humans posess. Without it, there'd be fewer good pop songs and reproduction could diminish.
- —Robster1
The only comandment needed
- Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
- —Borsia
FREEDOM
- Every one seems to have forgotten this one. Freedom is the ONE godless and secular value we should ALL hold dear!
- —Guest Dave Y.
The real thing..
- my favourite secular value is to consider reality. Evidence. it's not a big ask.
- —Robster1
We don't need a God to behave properly
- We can very well be hard-working, loyal, caring, civilized, proper people without any heavenly assistance or fear being inflicted. I believe that being a skeptical, questioning, rational, open to the new, self-improvement seeking individual, without the need for any god does not make me a lesser person. I am free to do as I please. This might sound a tad egoistical, but I'm not causing any harm or even discomfort to anyone. I have boundaries I can set for myself. And I make quite the good company.
- —Guest Grennah
Empathy
- The ability to put myself in someone else's shoes.
- —Mike1071
My favorite value; moral relativism
- I can do whatever feels natural and then put the label "good" on it.
- —Guest Free Thinker
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