[PatrickHenry]

If good and bad does not exist, than we are only left with logical and illogical choices. So we are left with the question of "is it logical to hurt an innocent person intentionally"?. If the answer is "no" we must have a reason.

Objectivism is the first philosophy to identify the relationship between life and moral values. "Ethics," writes Ayn Rand, "is an objective, metaphysical necessity of man's survival -- not by the grace of the supernatural nor of your neighbors nor of your whims, but by the grace of reality and the nature of life."

The standard of ethics, required by the nature of reality and the nature of man, is Man's Life. "All that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; all that which destroys it is the evil."

The Philosophy of Objectivism: A Brief Summary.

[Sabertooth]

Ethics," writes Ayn Rand, "is an objective, metaphysical necessity of man's survival -- not by the grace of the supernatural nor of your neighbors nor of your whims, but by the grace of reality and the nature of life."

Exchanging the supernatual for the natural is favoring the creation over the Creator. Old old, argument.

[Heartlander]

OK. Here is a logical and moral question relevant to the issue:
If a scientist were to find a watch and though never seeing a watch before, form a hypothesis and decide to prove that this new ‘finding’ was just a natural occurrence.

Would this be moral or logical?