Concept
Ethics in religion
Overview
Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. A central aspect of ethics is "the good life", the life worth living or life that is simply satisfying, which is held by many philosophers to be more important than traditional moral conduct.
Most religions have an ethical component, often derived from purported supernatural revelation or guidance. Some assert that religion is necessary to live ethically. Simon Blackburn states that there are those who "would say that we can only flourish under the umbrella of a strong social order, cemented by common adherence to a particular religious tradition".
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
Related ideas
- Moral nihilism
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Dualism in cosmology
- Immanuel Kant
- Vedas
- Satya
- Jewish philosophy
- Guru
- Karnataka
- Non-possession
- Moksha
- Tawhid
- Materialism
- Maimonides
- Mishnah
- Monotheism
- Mao Zedong
- Mozi
- Mencius
- Ren (philosophy)
- Philo
- Worldview
- Thomas Aquinas
- Noble Eightfold Path
Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of Divine command theory.