Chapter 2: Religion, Morality and Conscience
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Moral-Problems-James-White/dp/0534584306/
What I expect to learn?
I expect to learn about the difference of religion, morality and conscience. I want to know how the topic affects the way of living of the people.
Quote:
“three ways morality has been thought depend on religion: that without religious motivation people could not be expected to do the right thing; that religion is necessary to provide guidance to people in their search for the correct course of action; and that religion is essential for there even to be a right and wrong.”
Review:
Morality is evaluating the behavior of others and the actions we perform. Attitudes are what we do in relation to rules, rights and obligation. Morality is the way we act that also have motives to people. Religion is a belief in supernatural power to help us to be a better person in the way we act. It is doing the right thing based on what we believe. Doing the right thing is not necessary because of the religion we have. Sometimes it came from what we want others to see us good. In a way religion helps us to know whether what is good or bad thing to do. But thinking thoroughly we are the ones to decide which is good to do. Morality and Religion have such historical that influence each other. Religion gives us guidance and beliefs that we do to gain benefits. Morality is about how we interact with other people socially. Being good is not about how deep we spiritually, it is about how we treat other people on our own decision and conscience of doing what is right. A person doesn’t depend on religion to do what he needs to do. A person normally acts the way he wants to be in relation to being morally responsible to the society.
What I Learned?
- Religion
- Morality
- Consciense
Integrative Question:
1. What is morality?
2. What is religion?
3. What is conscience?
4. How do religion and morality influence each other?
5. What is the main point of the author in writing the topic?
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