But a significant number of atheists are nihilists and relativist, and the reasons seem to be the same...they can’t imagine naturalized objective ethics. And the common problem is stopping at personal incredulity rather than researching what anyone else has come up with. Show me the kind of atheists who is a moral nihilist, and I’ll show you the kind of atheist who disdains philosophy.
But a significant number of atheists are nihilists and relativist, and the reasons seem to be the same...they can’t imagine naturalized objective ethics. And the common problem is stopping at personal incredulity rather than researching what anyone else has come up with. Show me the kind of atheists who is a moral nihilist, and I’ll show you the kind of atheist who disdains philosophy.
What, like J L Mackie? For someone who disdains philosophy, he sure wrote a lot of it.
Source? (Also, what do you mean by “significant number”? Over 10%? Over 20%?)
Conversations with atheists.