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Letter: Being good without god and less so without logic

Published 6 September 2017

From Chris James, Winchester, Hampshire, UK

Holmes suggests that atheists are under-represented in prisons because they are more moral than believers. It could be simply that atheists are more intelligent, and so they don't get caught.

Issue no. 3142 published 9 September 2017

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