Atheism and morality (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Thursday, November 18, 2010, 21:22 (5096 days ago) @ xeno6696

Going back to our discussion of Morals and Morality; I still haven't seen a response yet from you about your seemingly mercurial ideas about Morals. 
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> You've claimed before that "Man is capable of knowing what is right, but is incapable of doing it." 
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> What is it that you think is objectively right, that hasn't been thwarted by history?-Sorry I have not been very active. My family has been having a round robin bout of a particularly nasty stomach bug. -If I had the answer to the objective morality question, I would be much wealthier and more infamous than I am. I am not certain that history has thwarted anything on a strictly moral basis however. Success, riches, power, and popularity do not depend on moral behavior. -I know it is a bit cliche, but I still think that about 99% of morality boils down to the 'do unto others' ideal. The reason we are incapable of fulfilling it is reason itself. We have a tendency to justify via flawed reasoning any and every action based on what someone/thing else has done or might possibly do. -I hope that sufficiently sets up what I mean by 'know what is right' and why we are incapable of 'doing what is right'. I am afraid I do not know how to express the concept in simpler terms.