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Letter: Squaring the circle

Published 27 November 2013

From Matt Billingham

Chris Rogers writes to explain that he, as an atheist, squares moral obligation with a wholly materialistic universe by ethics, compassion and self-respect (9 November, p 31).

This led me to wonder how atheists square ethics, compassion and self-respect with a wholly materialist universe. Now I’m concerned that I may be attempting to square a circular argument.
Binningen, Switzerland

Issue no. 2945 published 30 November 2013

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