How do agnostics live? (Introduction)

by Mark , Monday, June 09, 2008, 09:02 (6009 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: Mark believes that atheists are free to make up their own individual moral code. 
DHW argues that they are subject to the same social, legal and moral codes as everyone else in their society, and are perfectly capable of love and respect for their fellow humans without believing in God.
 - I am honestly not consciously ignoring what you write. It is very difficult in these discussions not to end up talking across each other. I shall try again, based on your summary which I quote above. - Yes, a resident of the UK is subject to the law. There will also be felt an expectation from society to behave a certain way even beyond the law. Yes, atheists are capable of love and respect. But my point is that their agreement with the social, moral and legal code, their agreement that love is a good idea, is a personal decision. A choice. It is not because there is anything out there which objectively says it is good and right. - As for my response to David Turrell - I assume you mean by question about human dignity - I hardly think that asking for clarification on what he has said amounts to evasion.