How should we define our morals?

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How should we define our morals?

Should we, as many theists would tell you, not have any morals? Should we adopt a logical, utilitarian view? My morality tends to vacillate and I consider myself a hypocrite most of the time. I try to adopt a “do unto others as you would have done to yourself” but even that doesn’t work. I’ve heard arguments you should “do unto others what they would have done to themselves” which I find impossibly difficult to follow. What are your opinions, I’m curious to know?

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liomem's picture
Great , well there is a moral
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OP: How should we define our
xenoview's picture
My morals come from treating
arakish's picture
I got my morals from Isaac
Chicken's picture
I find it troubling to decide
Sheldon's picture
"I can’t say to another
Cognostic's picture
You hit the nail on the head.
Chicken's picture
That’s an interesting analogy
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Re: "How should we define our
Sheldon's picture
That's the way, and don't
ʝօɦn 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐy's picture
Can an atheist even live
arakish's picture
But theists can and do. rmfr
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@John
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Objective by nature and
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John
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Breezy: "Objective by nature
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I almost feel as if telling
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Breezy: "I almost feel as if
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Re: Arakish - "***hard thump
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@ Tin-Man
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@ Arakish
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@ Old Man, Tin-Man
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...or like me, you are color
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@ Idaho Mike
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ʝօɦn 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐy,
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@ Dio
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arakish,
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Diotrephes
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arakish,
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So,,, to you..... Tin Man is

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