Frank R. Zindler

Frank R. Zindler is a retired professor of biology and geology. He is also active in promoting atheism. Zindler writes that religion is not really the foundation of morality, as many people assume. Rather, morality is founded on certain inherited principles as well as our social development. Zindler also challenges his readers to consider how morality needs to evolve beyond the Ten Commandments.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. If religion is not the foundation of morals, what foundation does Zindler give for ethics?
2. According to the author, how do genetics and the environment influence our moral behavior?
3. What does Zindler mean by “enlightened self-interest”"

One of the first questions Atheists are asked by true believers and doubters alike is, “If you don’t believe in a god...