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Morality is a consequence of self-consciousness. Morality, as it is necessarily social, exists insofar as we are aware of our own vulnerability and that of others, as such awareness imposes on us the question of whether to reciporcate or exploit the people we encounter. If we take for granted that true morality equals true reciporcation (fairness), it becomes necessary to have faith (belief without proof) in the fundamental value of all human beings in order to pursue morality, or to treat people the way you would like to be treated. The conviction with which people live by this value varies; the greater their conviction, the more closely their personality resembles the transcendent masculine ethic. This line of reasoning extends beyond social morality, as at any given moment you are becoming thirsty, hungry, etc. and need to act in order to preserve. This embeds all action into a hierarchy, ranging from most optimally adapted to the present and future to least, which again, imposes a transcendent masculine ethic upon every moment of conscious experience. But if you decide to conceptualize yourself as a community of yous accross time, self-preservation becomes a matter of moral decision as well because you must act in a manner that serves the interests of you now and the yous that exist into the future. If one decides that the preservation and flourishing of their own mental and physical state, as well as the state of their family, community, country and world are good and that good behavior constitutes their active maintainence, an omnipresent, transcendent masculine ethic is immediately cast upon every moment of conscious existence.

Anybody who claims not to believe in God while acting in any manner described above lives in cognitive dissonance. His existence is implicitly self-evident, proof is not required.

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