Religion and Morality
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- Created on: 07-12-15 17:34
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- Religion is not the source of Morals
- Euthyphro Dilemma
- The Euthyphro Dilemma attempts to demonstrate that the DCT shows that God is not worthy of worship
- "Is what is moral loved by the Gods because it is moral or is it moral because it is loved?"
- is it moral because it is loved? - this also diminishes God as he makes arbitrary decisions
- Is what is moral loved by the Gods because it is moral? - This diminishes God as he is acting as a messenger boy
- Other philosophers quotes
- A.J Ayer, "no morality can be founded on Authority, even if that authority is divine"
- Leibniz, "For why praise him if he would be equally praised for doing the contrary"
- Ways forward
- J.L Mackie, "Moral truths exist independently but are the product of the creative will of God"
- If they are dependant why do we need God anymore? Also still arbitrary decisions
- Rachels, "A leader might command something but the follower only performs the action, not because he is ordered to but because it is right in itself"
- Why do we need God?
- If someone has to decide on the rules surely an omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent being is the best person to do it?
- We could argue that God does not require us to abandon moral autonomy, sometimes he may want us to work it out for ourselves
- If can work it out ourselves why do we need God?
- J.L Mackie, "Moral truths exist independently but are the product of the creative will of God"
- Examples of Immoral Acts
- Intolerant
- Inquisition
- Won't allow Abortions
- The Crusades
- Obsessed with Sin
- 9/11
- Interferes with rational education
- Northern Ireland
- Philosophers quotes
- Hume,"The errors in religion are dangerous: those in philosophy only ridiculous"
- Russell, "the Christian religion is... the principle enemy of moral progress in the world"
- Lucretius, "such evil deeds religion provokes"
- Reasons Against
- Religious moral teaching come from secular values, not the other way round
- Resisting moral changing the name of religion can prevent moral progress
- Is doing good with hope of getting a reward or avoiding a punishment really being good?
- Society only appeals to religious morality in times of crisis
- The demands of religious morality are sometimes counter-intuitive
- Moral teachings taken from scared books are culturally relative and era dependant
- Euthyphro Dilemma
- Reasons Against
- Religious moral teaching come from secular values, not the other way round
- Resisting moral changing the name of religion can prevent moral progress
- Is doing good with hope of getting a reward or avoiding a punishment really being good?
- Society only appeals to religious morality in times of crisis
- The demands of religious morality are sometimes counter-intuitive
- Moral teachings taken from scared books are culturally relative and era dependant
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