>>Ah, the old echoes of "without religion there is no morality". No monopoly there, either. I have my moral values, derived from my upbringing and experience, not dictated from any pulpit. And I'm sticking to them not because anyone blackmailed me with eternal flames and whatever, but because I think they're the right thing to have, if I want to live among the people.
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>To behave just because you expect a reward or are afraid of punishment is actually quite egotistical, and will not be approved by God.

My piece of mind is my reward for doing right, and unease if I've done a wrong is my punishment. That's called consciousness, and if any imaginary entity wants to have a say about it - well so be it, they're also entitled to their own opinion. Doesn't mean that that opinion would matter any to me.

IOW, "if I want to live among the people" - meaning the man is a zoon politikon, a social being, and if I'm breaking the rules of the society, then I'd have to bear the consequences. Doesn't necessarily mean I'm afraid of these consequences, and surely means that most often there's absolutely no reward for doing good.