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Letter: Editor's pick: Religion and motivation without gods

Published 10 May 2017

From Robert Cailliau, Prévessin-Moëns, France

You quote David Sloan Wilson asking whether atheism can “motivate people to prosocial action, can it get you out of bed?” It probably motivates me indirectly: the aberrations of many religions make me, and others, work for a more just world with more people aware of reality.

Issue no. 3125 published 13 May 2017

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