yousa help me ya?

[elven_freckles]

I have a paper I'm supposed to be writing for my ethics class, on the eternal question:

Why Be Moral?Since I am writing generally from a Christian perspective, I need to also give reasoning from a Non-Christian perspective. I have books and essays, all of which give great cases for both theists and athiests to act morally, but if any of you would

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Hmm

[rainwalker_50]

Ok!
I'll give you some of my own musings from a non-Christian, atheistic perspective.

I personally view my own morals as derived from the teachings of my parents.
I view morality as being a combination of honesty and kindness, with pretty much everything else being an expansion on these two tenants (like how adultery, theft, and lying all are elements of honesty) and the other ideals of morality being little more than codes of conduct put in place by a social system.

If you treat those around you well, you are more likely to treated well in return. That's sort of the selfish reason to be moral; acknowledging that your good deeds and manner will somehow reward within your lifetime.
Being moral also makes it difficult to develop enemies. If I am honest and kind and compassionate, I have a harder time spawning a posse of haters in my wake.

I find that being "moral" just makes this little world of ours better. Things work better, people are happier with one another, if we all take the time to be good to one another.
The whole web of social interactions is more pleasant if people are watching out for one another, and restraining themselves from fucking people over.

So yeah, that's my view.