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[[Ethics]] is the branch of [[knowledge]] that deals with moral principles.<ref>[https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ethics Oxford Living Dictionaries]</ref>   
 
[[Ethics]] is the branch of [[knowledge]] that deals with moral principles.<ref>[https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ethics Oxford Living Dictionaries]</ref>   
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Regarding '''atheism and ethics''', [[atheism]] generally does not adhere to [[morality]].<ref>[http://apologetics-notes.comereason.org/2015/03/atheism-ethics-and-immorality.html Atheism, Ethics, and Immorality]</ref>  See also: [[Objective morality]] and [[Atheism and morality]]  
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Regarding '''atheism and ethics''', [[atheism]] generally does not adhere to [[morality]].<ref>[http://apologetics-notes.comereason.org/2015/03/atheism-ethics-and-immorality.html Atheism, Ethics, and Immorality]</ref>  See also: [[Objective morality]] and [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Atheism and the Problem of Evil|Atheism and the problem of evil]]
    
At least one atheist, Joel Marks, freely acknowledged that morality doesn't exist precisely because he believes God doesn't exist, and in that sense, agreed with [[Christianity]] that if [[God]] doesn't exist, morality doesn't exist.<ref>[http://themelios.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-amorality-of-atheism The amorality of atheim]</ref> Even arch-atheist philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzche]] ultimately acknowledged that without God, no one can truly know morality.<ref>[http://americanvision.org/2742/nietzsche-slaps-down-dawkins-on-the-illusion-of-atheist-morality/ Nietzsche slaps down Dawkins on the illusion of atheist morality]</ref> Any attempts at making morality through human lenses would also come across as subjective ultimately, despite what atheists argue.<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/can-we-be-good-without-god]</ref> Although atheism claims that they can be as moral as a religious person, their tendency to demand radical social change as well as promoting euthanasia and genocide proves otherwise.<ref>[http://whatswrongwiththeworld.net/2015/09/does_being_an_atheist_interfer.html Does being an atheist interfere with being moral?]</ref>
 
At least one atheist, Joel Marks, freely acknowledged that morality doesn't exist precisely because he believes God doesn't exist, and in that sense, agreed with [[Christianity]] that if [[God]] doesn't exist, morality doesn't exist.<ref>[http://themelios.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-amorality-of-atheism The amorality of atheim]</ref> Even arch-atheist philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzche]] ultimately acknowledged that without God, no one can truly know morality.<ref>[http://americanvision.org/2742/nietzsche-slaps-down-dawkins-on-the-illusion-of-atheist-morality/ Nietzsche slaps down Dawkins on the illusion of atheist morality]</ref> Any attempts at making morality through human lenses would also come across as subjective ultimately, despite what atheists argue.<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/can-we-be-good-without-god]</ref> Although atheism claims that they can be as moral as a religious person, their tendency to demand radical social change as well as promoting euthanasia and genocide proves otherwise.<ref>[http://whatswrongwiththeworld.net/2015/09/does_being_an_atheist_interfer.html Does being an atheist interfere with being moral?]</ref>
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