Can One Be Moral
Can one be moral and not believe in God?
Carolyn Jones
PHI103: Informal Logic (GSK1219A)
Instructor: Fabio Escobar
June 11, 2012
Can one be moral and not believe in God? Let’s start by defining what it is to be moral or have morals. Morals simply is defined by Webster as “of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior,” (Merriam-Webster, 2011) When you believe in a spiritual being this can play a major role in one’s moral belief. If one do not believe in God or a spiritual being then it would not be hard for an individual to believe that having morals have nothing to do with believing in a spiritual being. Therefore we have people who do not believe that believing in God is a necessary factor in order to have …show more content…
Especially in the education field our schools play a major role in developing and teaching moral and social values to our children. There is a slight difference between morals and ethics. Ethics are standards or codes of behavior that is expected by groups or organizations an individual is a member of. These ethics could be one of many for example it could be national ethics, social ethics, company ethics, professional ethics, or family ethics. Legal ethics for instance are something you cannot allow your personal morals to be in control because one must uphold the justice system when it comes to an accused person must get a fair …show more content…
They believe that there is no God and this world came to be by a big bang evolution. They do not believe that eternal judgment by God will take place. By believing this, how can they have moral? There must be some kind of moral code in place. Like really, how can one have ethic and not believe in God? How was the world created and how was this earth populated if God do not exist. Once again according to the King James Version of the bible in Genesis 1:26-27, it read “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”
Is this where moral relativism comes into play? In general, the term ‘relativism’ refers to many different ideas. For example, “Metaethical Moral Relativism (MMR) is the truth or falsity of moral judgments, or their justification, is not absolute or universal, but is relative to the traditions, convictions, or practices of a group of persons.”
Carolyn Jones
PHI103: Informal Logic (GSK1219A)
Instructor: Fabio Escobar
June 11, 2012
Can one be moral and not believe in God? Let’s start by defining what it is to be moral or have morals. Morals simply is defined by Webster as “of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior,” (Merriam-Webster, 2011) When you believe in a spiritual being this can play a major role in one’s moral belief. If one do not believe in God or a spiritual being then it would not be hard for an individual to believe that having morals have nothing to do with believing in a spiritual being. Therefore we have people who do not believe that believing in God is a necessary factor in order to have …show more content…
Especially in the education field our schools play a major role in developing and teaching moral and social values to our children. There is a slight difference between morals and ethics. Ethics are standards or codes of behavior that is expected by groups or organizations an individual is a member of. These ethics could be one of many for example it could be national ethics, social ethics, company ethics, professional ethics, or family ethics. Legal ethics for instance are something you cannot allow your personal morals to be in control because one must uphold the justice system when it comes to an accused person must get a fair …show more content…
They believe that there is no God and this world came to be by a big bang evolution. They do not believe that eternal judgment by God will take place. By believing this, how can they have moral? There must be some kind of moral code in place. Like really, how can one have ethic and not believe in God? How was the world created and how was this earth populated if God do not exist. Once again according to the King James Version of the bible in Genesis 1:26-27, it read “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”
Is this where moral relativism comes into play? In general, the term ‘relativism’ refers to many different ideas. For example, “Metaethical Moral Relativism (MMR) is the truth or falsity of moral judgments, or their justification, is not absolute or universal, but is relative to the traditions, convictions, or practices of a group of persons.”