Because you wouldn't survive without society. Atheists practice what is known as enlightened self-interest, which means they work for the good of society, not because some big guy in the sky is forcing them to, but because they know that without society, they'd be up an unsanitary tributary without a means of propulsion.
It strikes me as odd that there are so many people who would do evil if God wasn't keeping them on the straight and narrow. Those folks give me the willies. Give me someone who does good out of his own self-interest any day of the week -- I can trust that kind of honesty.
So why should I care about my survival? Besides, the topic at hand, pornography, isn't about destroying society, merely hurting it. As long as I get my jollies in relative safety and comfort, why care about the other fellow?
Atheists practice what is known as enlightened self-interest, which means they work for the good of society, not because some big guy in the sky is forcing them to, but because they know that without society, they'd be up an unsanitary tributary without a means of propulsion.
Good for you.
Now tell me why it is obligatory for ME to practice enlightened self-interest.
It strikes me as odd that there are so many people who would do evil if God wasn't keeping them on the straight and narrow. Those folks give me the willies.
The strait and narrow path has nothing to do with works, in the first place.
In the second place, I'm saying I would or wouldn't do anything. I'm asking why, if the impulse strikes me, I ought not to.
Give me someone who does good out of his own self-interest any day of the week -- I can trust that kind of honesty.
And suppose his self-interest was to do evil.