Atheistische Ethik
March 11th, 2009
Mancher fragt sich, was wohl die Werte der Atheisten sind. Welche ethisch-moralischen Grundüberzeugungen haben Menschen, die nicht an Naturrechte (einer vergöttlichten Natur) oder übernatürliche Gesetzgeber (Götter) glauben. Was machen Menschen zu ihrem Handlungsmaßstab, die der Überzeugung sind, dass Werte relative Gültigkeit besitzen, dass also niemand einen Anspruch auf die Allgemeingültigkeit und Durchsetzung seiner ganz persönlichen Werte oder der Werte seiner Wertegemeinschaft hat?
Aus dem atheistischen Werterelativismus folgt vor allem eines: Dass ein echter Atheist niemandem seine individuellen Werte aufzwingen kann. Da menschliche Werte menschlichen Ursprungs sind, muss er in immerwährender Bereitschaft zu Dialog und zur grundsätzlichen Änderung seiner Überzeugungen auftreten. Das heißt nicht, dass er selbst keine Dialogangebote, also Quellen eigener Werte hat.
Die Quellen atheistischer Werte sind zum Beispiel folgende:
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Erich Fried: Gedichte
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Albert Einstein: “Mein Glaubensbekenntnis”
Download als MP3-Tondokument von Einstein selbst gesprochen.
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Der Geist wird reich durch das, was er empfängt, das Herz durch das, was es gibt.
Victor Hugo
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“Ich würde nie für meine Überzeugungen sterben, allein weil ich falsch liegen könnte”
Bertrand Russell
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John Lennon “Imagine”
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Gerhard Schöne “Kinderland”:
“Ein Junge weint nicht”
Wellensittiche und Spatzen
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Reinhard Mey “Zeugnistag”:
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Konstantin Wecker “Willi”
“Willi II”
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Suzanne Vega “Queen And The Soldier”
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Udo Lindenberg “Wozu sind Kriege da?”
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…to be continued …
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