Presumably you eat meat, which means you support the killing of animals for your pleasure (since it is possible to subsist on a purely vegan diet). Does that make you a "good person" or a "bad person"? If in 50 years most of society doesn't eat meat, does the definition of "good person" and "bad person" change?
My point simply is that people including atheists do piggy-back quite a bit on the prevailing morality in which they are raised. Most atheists (myself included) do not sit down and derive their system of morals and values from first principles. And when that prevailing morality changes, they do too. When it was predominantly Christian they adopted largely Christian morals. What happens when it isn't predominantly Christian? Not looking good so far.
Why does "being a good person" change over time?
Presumably you eat meat, which means you support the killing of animals for your pleasure (since it is possible to subsist on a purely vegan diet). Does that make you a "good person" or a "bad person"? If in 50 years most of society doesn't eat meat, does the definition of "good person" and "bad person" change?
My point simply is that people including atheists do piggy-back quite a bit on the prevailing morality in which they are raised. Most atheists (myself included) do not sit down and derive their system of morals and values from first principles. And when that prevailing morality changes, they do too. When it was predominantly Christian they adopted largely Christian morals. What happens when it isn't predominantly Christian? Not looking good so far.