ethics

• Spirituality is an individual practice and belief
• Religion is centered on a set of organized practices that a larger group shares
• It is possible to be spiritual without being religious
• Religion is about human beings' relation to what they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence
• It deals with ultimate concerns about life and fate after death
• Religion involves practices such as sermons, rituals, prayer, meditation, holy places, symbols, trances, and feasts
• Types of religions include:

  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Confucianism
  • Hinduism
  • Indigenous American religions
  • Islam
  • Jainism
  • Judaism
  • Rastafarianism
  • Shinto
  • Sikhism
  • Taoism
  • Traditional African religions
  • Zoroastrianism
• Divine Command Theory proposes that an action's moral status is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God
• Moral actions are determined by God's commands
• Each faith demands different actions from its adherents, leading to conflicting ethical standards
• In the exchange between Socrates and Euthyphro, the question of defining "holiness" is raised
• Euthyphro suggests that what is holy is loved by the gods
• The relationship between religion and ethics is about the relationship between revelation and reason
• Ethics is not solely based on religion
• Questioning the divine command theory is not a challenge to one's faith
• Religion provides ideals to pursue and can compel obedience through supreme authority
• Religion and ethics are distinct concepts that can intersect and influence each other
• While religion is rooted in faith and belief, ethics is based on reason and moral principles
• One can be ethical without subscribing to a specific religion
• Religious individuals may have varying interpretations of ethical principles based on their faith
• Religion is centered on a set of organized practices that a larger group shares. It is possible to be spiritual without being religious
• Religion, human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence. I
• It is also commonly regarded as consisting of the way people deal with ultimate concerns about their lives and their fate after death.?

  religion
• "Love the Lord your God, therefore and always heed his charge: his statutes, decrees and commandments"- Deuteronomy 11:1 (New American Bible)
• "divine command theory" where it states that there is a supreme being (God, Allah, Jehovah) where it commands us and one is obliged to obey our creator
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• A meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God.?

  Divine Command Theory
• The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by God's commands and that for a person to be moral he is to follow God's commands?

  divine command theory
• Each faith demands differently from its adherents, which would result in conflicting ethical standard?

  religion multiciplicity
• “Is it holy only because it is loved by the gods, or is it holy in itself and that is why it is loved by the gods?

  socrates
• divine command theory is not a calling into question of one's belief in God; it is not intended to be a challenge of one's faith
• Religion is not prohibitive, it also provides ideals to pursue.
• Religion as basis for ethics has the advantage of providing us supreme authority that can compel obedience
• religion is rooted in faith and belief,
• ethics is based on reason and moral principles. It is important to recognize that one can be ethical without subscribing to a specific religion, and that religious individuals may have varying interpretations of ethical principles based on their faith