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[SwOrDsLaSh]

Can Ethics stand without Religion? Why or Why Not?

 

[jaxx420]

yes

 

[fabbriche]

Walang kinalaman ang religion sa ethics.

 

[SwOrDsLaSh]

Walang kinalaman ang religion sa ethics.

Can you explain why?

 

[fabbriche]

Can you explain why?

Morality is an evolved trait and ethics is defined by social conventions. They both constantly change throughout time whereas religion is set in stone and now a dated concept. Morality stands independent of religion, and one does not need the latter to have the former. In fact, religious morality contains large swathes of precepts that are totally incompatible with the democratic, secular law and morality which govern modern societies today.

 

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In a liberal perspective, yes. There's a theory called Moral Foundations Theory which proposes that several innate and universally available psychological systems are the foundations of “intuitive ethics.” A morality based on (human) nature. (moralfoundations.org)

In a conservative perspective, no. Theistic Morality (religion) is what makes Ethics objective. Because, laws of morality are not bound by natural or physical laws. Thus, an objective morality is an ethics which transcends to the natural world (supernatural). Otherwise, it is purely subjective in which ethics are based on 'i like and i don't like' (moral relativism) instead of 'good/right and bad,evil/wrong' (objective morality).