Re: Ethics

Kevin Koenig (Koenig@stlzoo.org)
Wed, 04 Feb 1998 15:42:12 -0600

>>> "Stephen Jones" <sejones@ibm.net> 02/04/98 08:59am >>>
Derek

>SJ>I did not claim that atheists/agnostics are unethical. Just that
>>their belief system gives them no reason to be.

DM>Not quite. It is what we believe about people, rather than
>supernatural entities, that causes atheists and agnostics to
behave
>ethically.

KK> I can see how Darwin might be applied to ethics. As social
animals we depend on those around us. Unethical behavior
comes with a cost to survivorship. It is to our benefit to be taught
and to learn ethics.

Is it really important what compels us to adhere to ethical conduct?

Kevin