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Nor can Coyne explain why we should develop moral virtues. Why should care for the good of the species? I won’t be around to see it prosper. And suppose the good of the species really reduces to the good of genes or other replicators? Isn’t that a good reason to ignore the moral passions whenever they suggest an inconvenient course of action? And why should I allow those pesky moral passions to over-ride my other passions? It might be fair to listen to another’s argument carefully; but suppose I have a passion for caricaturing the views of anyone who has the temerity to disagree with me? Why shouldn’t I indulge the latter passion? Why should I consider the passion for fairness to be binding?

Nor can Coyne explain why we should develop moral virtues. Why should care for the good of the species? I won’t be around to see it prosper. And suppose the good of the species really reduces to the good of genes or other replicators? Isn’t that a good reason to ignore the moral passions whenever they suggest an inconvenient course of action? And why should I allow those pesky moral passions to over-ride my other passions? It might be fair to listen to another’s argument carefully; but suppose I have a passion for caricaturing the views of anyone who has the temerity to disagree with me? Why shouldn’t I indulge the latter passion? Why should I consider the passion for fairness to be binding?

At the end of the day, in Coyne’s world our evolved  moral passions serve no deep purpose.<ref>[http://www.saintsandsceptics.org/scientism-morality-and-the-failure-of-new-atheism-part-1/ New Atheism’s Moral Meltdown]</ref>}}  

At the end of the day, in Coyne’s world our evolved  moral passions serve no deep purpose.<ref>[http://www.saintsandsceptics.org/scientism-morality-and-the-failure-of-new-atheism-part-1/ New Atheism’s Moral Meltdown], Answers for Saints and Skeptics website</ref>}}  

[[‎‎File:Dr. William Lane Craig.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Dr. [[William Lane Craig]] ]]

[[‎‎File:Dr. William Lane Craig.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Dr. [[William Lane Craig]] ]]