Moral values?

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morals have very little to do with religion. why do religious people think they, only, have morals. morals come from interacting with the world around you, and from the chastisement you get a s a child for doing inappropriate things Even atheists live by the rule, don't treat people in a way you don't want to be treated. You religious people might really try living that way, instead of being so judgmental and condescending, and preaching to everyone else....Show more

Same place every religious people who is moral does.

Evolution. We evolved to be able to work together in groups because that helps survival and working together in a group requires one to have a moral code involving not attacking the other members of the group.

A good moral system must make humans the end, not a means and religious moral systems which have god as the end automatically fail this criterion....Show more

I know I am ethical because every time I see this question, my brain tells my eye to wander up to the 'search for questions' function at the top there, then I am overcome with a kind of tiredness and irritation, I want to reach through the screen and...

STOP!

I know it's wrong. I know it's wrong to lightly strangle people. This because I have empathy (and I might hurt them, which I don;t want to do, I hate causing pain to others, and it is also against the law.

I remember I too was young, I too asked questions innocently; never thinking if the questions were rude, assumptive, or had been answered a million times before if I had just cared to research briefly.

So every time my parents didn't strangle me, they were teaching me tolerance and morals.


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Joking aside, religion brought superstition to bear on moral philosophy, and then we grew up.

Nowadays it is immoral to kill a woman with rocks, for loving someone who doesn't fit into the local religious ideal. Immoral, that is, unless you are terribly religious and happen to believe she deserved it....Show more

Moral values are obtainable through various methods and are not tied down to religion, but overall acceptable human behavior set by humanity.

Any person that tries to better society and help others while not contributing to the degrading of social standards is a good person to me....Show more

My parents raised me properly! And doing good is not a religious characteristic. It's a survival technique that begins in kindergarten. You get along or you get left behind. It's as simple as that.

When we grow older, there are rules in school that must be obeyed and then laws of the land. Morals do not originate from a religious background. They're taught every day by everyone we meet.
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