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$\"\"$ <\/a>While atheism describes my position toward the supernatural and Humanism serves as my worldview, I\u2019m not yet completely sure what ethical system I follow, largely because I have not yet done enough research on them. I find utilitarian ethics<\/a> intriguing, but I can\u2019t quite give up the idea that humans should have natural rights<\/a> that go beyond those ascribed by utilitarianism. But I don\u2019t have to have everything figured out all at once, right?<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read everything I\u2019ve written that touches on ethics, and be sure to check out the following piece taking down the argument that atheists have no basis for ethics while Christians do:<\/p>\n

On Atheists, Ethics, and \u201cAbsolute Morality\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"