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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>
Regarding '''atheism and ethics''', [[atheism]] generally does not adhere to [[objective 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]]
Regarding '''atheism and ethics''', [[atheism]] generally does not adhere to [[objective morality]].<ref>
*[http://www.paulcopan.com/articles/pdf/God-naturalism-morality.pdf God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality] by
Paul Copan
*[http://www.bethinking.org/morality/can-moral-objectivism-do-without-god Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God?] by Peter S. Williams
*[http://www.equip.org/articles/atheists-and-the-quest-for-objective-morality/ Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality] by Chad Meister
*[http://carm.org/failure-of-atheism-to-account-for-morality The failure of atheism to account for morality]
*[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>