212. Gale Sinatra & Barbara Hofer — Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It
The Michael Shermer Show
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Are Atheists a Devoid of Moral Values?
M, it isn't the case that atheists have no moral values. In fact, if you look at research on criminality and nbehavior, atheists are not more criminal than those of faith. There's evidence therlesq likely to be engaged in mor what we would call immoral and criminal behavior. And so human flourishing is our moral foundation. We start there, human flourishing. Now, what can we do to structure society in such a way that, you know, humans flourish? That's pretty obvious. You know, democracys better than autocracy,. having rights versus no rights, and and expansion of the moral sphere to include more people. These are just kind of basic arguments that i
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