2006-07-29 08:54:19 · 14 answers · asked by Angst Line From Song 1 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think I should have referred to something, as it is obviously too bigger area for a question.
When George Bush promoted himself as anti-abortion many declared that this was just an archaic far right religious ideal. I am against abortion, and it was a sort of protest against this just being considred a religious issue.
However, still enjoying your arguments!!
2006-07-29 09:13:01 · update #1
No and this is a huge problem we have ethically. I've been waiting for someone to ask this very question.
If we think of morals as the invention of religion, what happens when we (have to) seriously question religion. . . . . anti-morality.
2006-07-29 08:59:25 · answer #1 · answered by Chris cc 1 · 15⤊ 6⤋
Ethics is a study on right and wrong, most religions are studies in good and evil. Although these things are close they are not actually the same thing. Just because something is morally right or wrong shouldn't make it a religious issue. It should make it a social one. One shouldn't need to believe in God just because of social conscience. One should believe God because of the truth or not at all. So no, ethics should not be tied down to religion.
2006-07-29 13:43:53 · answer #2 · answered by ManoGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Atheists have strong ethics, and in general do act morally. A system of morals that depends on a god has a couple of problems.
- First, of course, is the nonexistence of god. Obviously that's a killer.
- Secondly, if morality were tied to gods, and the gods DID exist, there'd still be no reason for nonbelievers to be moral, and since there's no reason to believe in gods, that'd be a big problem.
- Thirdly, a morality that depends on an authority figure is a relatively shallow morality. If we do right or wrong merely because someone in authority tells us that our behavior is right or wrong, we're not really behaving in a deeply moral manner. Real deep moral character is revealed by how you behave when no-one is looking. If you believe that a god is always looking, your morality doesn't run very deep.
2006-07-29 09:06:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Enlightened self-interest or the Social Contract or most simply "do as you would be done by".
Individuals are usually better off if they act in a moral and civilised manner otherwise the rule of law breaks down everybody is fighting just to survive and all the good things like sufficient food, medecine, electricity, clean drinking water, communications, computers , movies go out the window.
2006-07-29 09:12:52 · answer #4 · answered by felineroche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who told you that? Ethics are not tied to religion.
Ethics are more in the domain of philosophy.
Philosophers have argued the basis of ethics since ancient times.
For example, Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics.
2006-07-29 08:58:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethics were born from "religion", God established His ethics a long time ago.
2006-07-29 09:00:03 · answer #6 · answered by foxray43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but people like to make believe there would be no morality without religion to fight the argument that the world would be better without it.
2006-07-29 08:58:39 · answer #7 · answered by shmux 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. Ethics are tied down to philosophy though...
2006-07-29 08:58:41 · answer #8 · answered by cleo715 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, ethics is a separate branch of philosophy.
2006-07-29 09:02:25 · answer #9 · answered by Mohammed R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are'nt. But it helps if a person is religious, to be ethical.
2006-07-29 09:01:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ethics don't exist anywhere. can be preached and all, but it's never enforced so why bother
2006-07-29 08:57:34 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋