2877 GIVING UP THE GHOST - Thursday Call In Show - January 1st, 2015

How can you have any type of ethical system or society without the concept of “rights” - which people will be punished for (not necessarily by a government) if they are violated? Is the belief in God more of an instinct than it is a belief? Includes: Universally Preferable Behavior, Utilitarianism, “disciplining” children, taking away responsibility through determinism, they did the best they could, the pros and cons of religion, atheist moral nihilism, godless communists, the compatibility of religion and rational philosophy.