Non-theists-- atheists, agnostics, humanists, ati bee bee lo -- what is the basis of your morality?
How do you decide if something is "good" or "bad".

I am aware that morality is subjective.


I am busy now, Will post mine later.

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"what is morally good commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?"
--Plato

Notable mentions (for the opposing side)

-Italo, Striklymi, DeepSight, joshthefirst, reyginus,

As for me,my conscience and also common sense define my morality.

Common sense; 1+1= 2

Conscience: Karma can b a nasty lady unless u make sure the lady is beautiful..

Get the drift?

morals are the rules of life for all intelligent people theists or atheists. we all have the instinct to do right, but religion has made a lot of people to do what is written instead of what is right. The truth remains that we need no book to know what is right or wrong.

Personally, I filter everything through my own intellect and empathy.

I use reason as my guidance to moral choices. . .

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Reason, respect, empathy.

consequence and karma

Compassion, conscience, common sense and empathy. (C.C.C.E)

I can't see that there is anything that is inherently good or bad.

When it comes to morally right or wrong, however, (as far as morality refers to how humans ought to behave towards one another) I believe that using the guideline "to others as to you" will be a step in the direction of making morally right decisions. The only addition would be that actions that do not interfere with the well being of any other human being should be equally permissible.

It puzzles me how a Christian, for example, would claim that morality stems from god when the same Christian god is guilty of the most gross and heinous acts of immortality as recorded in the Christian Bible.
How can anything morally good be attributable to god when bible wielding men have committed so much atrocities over the ages?

Morality should be determined by a desire to do no harm & seeking to do good to other entities and the society at large.

Its sad to know that religion has established certain lifestyle choices as immoraralities when these can at best be accepted as possibly harmful to the biological survival of the person concerned.

Well, i will come back to expantiate.

The general ideals of humanism are pretty good. Don't do something to someone that you don't want done to yourself (obviously there are exceptions, like needing to discipline a child for his own good even though he doesn't like it). And empathy is important, as others have said.

However I am not a pacifist and I recognize that sometimes that the use of violence and war is a necessary evil. I am all for the liquidation of Boko Haram by any means.

My morality is defined as giving service to all humanity,giving,carrying and being good to everyone who don't pose a threat to myself...and causing minimal harm so as not to be paid in kind(actions carry equal reactions)....

LOVE

The concept of Morality depends on the situation and circumstances there are no absolutes in this world.

The strongest will survive. Always.

Apatheist: Non-theists-- atheists, agnostics, humanists, ati bee bee lo -- what is the basis of your morality?
How do you decide if something is "good" or "bad".

I am aware that morality is subjective.


I am busy now, Will post mine later.

"what is morally good commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?"
--Plato

where's my name

uzoexcel:
where's my name

Pele. Ndo. Make I add am.
Where do you fall?

Moral value as a benchmark mean different things to different people,it does not stress any basis for evaluation but to me conscience and doing what i believe to be right is my benchmark for morality.

Is there a distinction between moral values and moral standards? While the word 'moral' is common, the distinction lies in the use of the words 'values' and 'standards'. The words 'moral values' is an apt description. This often denotes beliefs of a person or the social group in which they have an emotional investment. So moral values as benchmarks will mean different things to different people.

Personally, I base my own moral values on future consequences that each action will have. Formally stated, Newton's third law is: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I use this as my own benchmark, for instance, will giving someone a ride in my car under the rain have positive or negative consequences? On one hand, I would have been helping someone who was in need, and he person may repay me, or on another hand, the person could turn out to be an ingrate or a robber or a thief of the likes.

Regardless, I help out anyway, not because 'one good turn deserves another' but because I decided that the future consequences have more in the way of good than harm.

My thoughts anyway.
over to you @ Apatheist

Atigba:
Moral value as a benchmark mean different things to different people.

true

FOOLFINDER:
The concept of Morality depends on the situation and circumstances there are no absolutes in this world.

also true