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05-13-2007, 03:40 PM
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Why isn't atheism pacifistic?
In the reference material about atheism (see below), it's odd but there's no mention of any atheist philosopher promoting pacifism.
Is there any particular reason why? http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/ http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9356044 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-atheism.html |
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05-13-2007, 04:09 PM
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Atheists, like all rational people, are against unnecessary violence; but if you are focused on this world, then you will use violence to the extent it advances your interests in this world. Atheists are not going to be rewarded by God in the next world. Thus, they must protect what they have in this one. Evolutionary morality (for humans) does not consider fighting for survival of the individual/group/species to be a crime, as long as you're fair about it. |
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05-13-2007, 04:15 PM
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Bertram Russell was famous for his pacifism. But I don't know if he wrote a philosophical justification of pacifism based on atheism.
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05-13-2007, 04:18 PM
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Because atheism has nothing to do with pacifism?
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05-13-2007, 04:20 PM
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Because atheists have always been attacked for the past 4,000+ years...
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05-13-2007, 04:21 PM
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Because pacificsm isn't rational.
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05-13-2007, 04:44 PM
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05-13-2007, 04:46 PM
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Because pacifism is moral cowardice.
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05-13-2007, 04:47 PM
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Well, no one is just an atheist, atheism is only a characteristic of different world views not a complete world-view of it's own.
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05-13-2007, 06:03 PM
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