An End

TO the ridiculous assumption that there's no reason for atheists to be moral. In fact, the question itself ignores literally THOUSANDS of years of philosophical thought. And really, if we're discussing ethics and morality, it's automatically a philosophical question.

Anyways, here's just a small list of moral philosophers and their ideas on morals without God


Aristotle - believes that reason was how you realized virtue. Reason for being virtuous is happiness (i.e. being virtuous will give you the truly happy life). Happiness is the reason for people to be moral.

Aquinas (theologian) - has the same conception of virtue that Aristotle has, except he applies it to the city of man. He also has a conception of virtues with God. But even then, the virtues of the man without god lead to temporal happiness and greater justice among men.

Kant - did not have a conception of God in his moral philosophy. All morals came a priori, discovered by reason. This was an entirely secular moral philosophy. The reason to subject yourself to this moral law is to fully acknowledge your freedom. To not put yourself under this law is to be nothing more than an animal.


Actually, it's more reasonable for the man with a personal God to be immoral than it is for the atheist. For a Christian, God absolves man of his sins, so why not be immoral now and be absolved later?

For the atheist (or anyone with no conception of an afterlife) morality is much more important because they only have one chance at this life, and morality allows for the best cohesion with their fellow man.

Anyways, if anyone gets hit with this question, I suggest this response.

"Nichomachean Ethics ftw! Now GTFO!"