• A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Not really. Altruism is ultimately self-serving whether an afterlife exists or not. People generally don’t want to spend their life being wronged by others or have their life taken altogether, so we have a pretty good incentive to not do those things.

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      5 months ago

      I’m not sure how that relates to what I said. Morality ≠ mortality.