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According to Pinker, both he and his wife are atheists and also believe in morality. The core of last night’s discussion, as well as the argument of Goldstein’s novel, is an effort to dismantle the idea that morality stems from religion and that without religion, there is no morality...
During the talk, Goldstein said that belief is not actually central to religion...
Instead, Goldstein said, the community of shared values provided by religion can also exist in atheist communities...
...position that might seem intellectually foreign to you, say the way religion seems to an atheist, can be made more comprehensive,” said Pinker. “We can see the world through their eyes, and that’s something that fiction...
Pinker said he still feels that as a psychologist, he has more to understand about the role of religion and morality in society...