My favorite discussion of morality and why it needs no god

[ProfessorPlum]

Notice the beauty of Matt's definition of morality, and the objective assessments that can come out of it once we agree on its basis.

The morals=god argument is laid bare in just a few minutes

[Hieronymus]

1. I've said this for years, thanks.

[Duppers]

2. Matt's amazing.

Began listening to him years ago.

Thank you for posting this one especially since this is often the first, or one of the first, the non-thinkers throw at us atheists.

[ProfessorPlum]

5. I agree

I've been a big fan for a long time.

And, this issue of morality and god is a very common one, as you say. It's almost the first thing out of peoples' mouths when they hear someone is an atheist.

[TlalocW]

3. What I get out of it and believe

Is that systems of morality are subjective, but then the moral decisions in such a system must then be objective.

TlalocW

[ProfessorPlum]

4. right, or maybe rather

that we can judge them objectively within the framework that we choose. That's kind of a cool way to think about it - we choose what is important to us, and make our assessments accordingly.