And to summarize to be clear, as an atheist:
1 - pain and anguish of loved ones
Even if I don't care about killing Bob 'cause Bob won't know the difference, his loved ones will. As an empathic person (an emotion that is beyond my control) I don't wish to hurt Bob's loved ones.
2 - empathy toward the fear of dying.
Even though Bob won't know the difference once he's dead, I feel empathy toward Bob knowing that he will die.
3 - emotional guilt that comes with the killing of another human.
Maybe I shouldn't care, but again, empathy is an emotion I have little control over.
4 - The social contract.
I don't want to die, so I agree not to kill you and you agree not to kill me.
5 - Religion
Does not apply.
To your point, "If you aren't religious then shouldn't you [fill in the blank]." As outlined above, nonreligious people don't generally go on self serving killing sprees. The fact that a religious person would think that the only reason not to kill is because they were ordered to do so by a god that they have no evidence even exists I find to be downright terrifying.
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1 - pain and anguish of loved ones
Even if I don't care about killing Bob 'cause Bob won't know the difference, his loved ones will. As an empathic person (an emotion that is beyond my control) I don't wish to hurt Bob's loved ones.
2 - empathy toward the fear of dying.
Even though Bob won't know the difference once he's dead, I feel empathy toward Bob knowing that he will die.
3 - emotional guilt that comes with the killing of another human.
Maybe I shouldn't care, but again, empathy is an emotion I have little control over.
4 - The social contract.
I don't want to die, so I agree not to kill you and you agree not to kill me.
5 - Religion
Does not apply.
To your point, "If you aren't religious then shouldn't you [fill in the blank]." As outlined above, nonreligious people don't generally go on self serving killing sprees. The fact that a religious person would think that the only reason not to kill is because they were ordered to do so by a god that they have no evidence even exists I find to be downright terrifying.
-----------------------------Baron Von Speedypants
-----------------------------RunTraining articles here:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...runtraining;#1612485