Until we meet again somewhere in the blogosphere, God Bless everyone.  Stay strong.  Keep fighting for all the things that matter most: marriage, family, life, religion, morality, and country.  And, more than anything else, be in prayer for our nation daily.  You can be sure I’ll be there, too...
religionandmorality.wordpress.com/ religionandmorality.wordpress.com/
Is religion necessary for morality? Many people think it is outrageous, or ... should turn to religion for moral insights and inspiration, the gap ...
www.wjh.harvard.edu/~mnkylab/publications/recent/Hauser... www.wjh.harvard.edu/~mnkylab/publications/recent/HauserSingerMoralRelig05.pdf
So what does the relation between morality and religion look like in Homer? The first thing to say is that the gods and goddesses of the Homeric poems behave remarkably like the noble humans described in the same poems, even though the humans are mortal and the gods and goddesses immortal.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-morality/ plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-morality/
Still another problem with religion-based morality is that (in Christianity and Mormonism, at least) one is expected to try to be perfect and never do anything sinful (or morally or ethically wrong). This goal is humanly impossible, but the religions do not admit its impossibility.
www.teleport.com/~packham/morality.htm www.teleport.com/~packham/morality.htm
An article written from the secular humanist perspective arguing against the claim that morality requires God. ... Contrary to what the fundamentalists would have us believe, then, what our society really needs is not more religion but a richer notion of the nature of morality.
www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/schick_17_3.html
Morality is the result of intuitive awareness of natural instinctive sequences of behavior, modified by current social norms. ... " A " type people also project their groupism and need for differential competitive indentificaion in religion. You have to pay allegiance to `your' god pledging loyalty to him, denying other gods...
www.psychology4all.com/MORALITY.htm www.psychology4all.com/MORALITY.htm
Humanists often hear the charge that without belief in God there is no basis for morality and thus "anything goes." Actually, most nonbelievers have strong foundations for living ethically. ... [For further information on this subject, please see the essay titled "Religion, Nontheism and Unethical Behavior."]
www.humanismbyjoe.com/morality_without_religion.htm www.humanismbyjoe.com/morality_without_religion.htm
March 20th, 2009; Corporate Morality ... BUSINESS ETHICS: READINGS AND CASES IN CORPORATE MORALITY edited by W. Michael Hoffman et al. ... Religion and Health Care Reform...
www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/march-20-20... www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/march-20-2009/corporate-morality/2494/
February 10th, 2009; William Galston on Markets and Morality ... Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston talks with Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly producer Susan Goldstein about the vices and virtues of market societies and what Jewish tradition says about the economy and our human inclinations.
www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/february-10... www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/february-10-2009/william-galston-on-markets-and-morality/2232/
The pattern persists with sexual morality. Is sex outside ... The media’s continual portrayal of clergy and believers as moral reprobates, and outrages like showing God in bed with a woman (both Fox’s Family Guy and Comedy Central’s Sarah Silverman Program), appear to be eroding the nation’s devotion to religion.
www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21069