Philosophy 201
Robin Neville
2-12-01
Does Morality need religion?
Atheists have no satisfactory answer to “Why
be moral?”
Only theists have theists have a reason to be
moral all the time.
Arthur: morality is “social.”
Part of being social animals is thinking in
terms of “what would others say if I did x?”
Atheists:
Other people
Theists:
Other people
God, Jesus (WWJD)
The theist just adds one more to the
community of evaluato