An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.
I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.
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I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.
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