God isn’t necessary in order to be moral
- Human can have morality without God In modern society, no matter what you do, you always judge by others. So, what is the standard that these people judge your action is good or bad? It often refers to laws. However, there is something has similar function as laws that guides people’s behavior. That is morality, and morality means that “The quality in human acts by which we call them right or wrong, good or evil” (Fagothey 112). In other words, morality is the rule that guides people how to behave, for example, stealing and murdering are things morally wrong and shouldn’t be done by any human agent. At the same time, there is debate about the origins of morality. In many beliefs, people believe …show more content…
Since human are social animals in modern society, they can’t isolated from other people. While we are playing in the game of life, each member should following the same and certain rules to participate in this game as rest part of the society. Morality, as the behavior code, maintains human collective interests and conducts people in proper behavior. Acting morally is a manifestation of social responsibility. Morality teaches us how to act and treat other people, for example, people should concern about the collective interest as they treat their own benefits. Acting morally gains benefit for people, as Hospers declares, “It pays to be helpful to others because when you need help, it is much more like that will help you in turn.” (Hospers 20)In other words, the moral behavior applies the Golden Rule that treats other as the way you want to be treated. In this case, you can still be moral even without believing in God or any other religions, as you take care of other’s feeling as your own. Under the morality aspect of society, what people consider most is the common interest rather than the good for a person only. Nevertheless, only under such circumstances, the existence of society makes sense. If there is no morality to constraint people, then the irreconcilable contradictions will appear among people as people do whatever they want. Therefore, acting morally fulfills the demand of the interest of …show more content…
In this way, morality also comes from secular human experience, as the result of human experience and reasoning. We may born with morality, but we should learn it through the life experience and keep in that manner in order to be moral, just as Irwin translated Aristotle’s word, “Someone who is to be good must be finely brought up and habituated, and then must live in decent practices, doing base actions neither willingly nor unwillingly. And this will be true if his life follows some sort of understanding and correct order that prevails on him.” (Irwin 169) In this way, morality is not one-time item for people. Therefore, someone who acts in morality continuously that will be considered as a moral person. For people who still act in immoral ways, because they are blinded by temporary pleasure, as a result, they are punished and critiqued. Thus, acting morally fulfills one’s inner peace rather than exactly gain something physically. At the same Morality is the representation of human reasoning, as Hospers points out that “Only human beings, so far as we can tell, think about a problem, weigh the alternatives, and make choices.”(Hopsers 17) In this way, reason decides whether act or not act for people, and find the best path for people to reach the moral stage for
- Human can have morality without God In modern society, no matter what you do, you always judge by others. So, what is the standard that these people judge your action is good or bad? It often refers to laws. However, there is something has similar function as laws that guides people’s behavior. That is morality, and morality means that “The quality in human acts by which we call them right or wrong, good or evil” (Fagothey 112). In other words, morality is the rule that guides people how to behave, for example, stealing and murdering are things morally wrong and shouldn’t be done by any human agent. At the same time, there is debate about the origins of morality. In many beliefs, people believe …show more content…
Since human are social animals in modern society, they can’t isolated from other people. While we are playing in the game of life, each member should following the same and certain rules to participate in this game as rest part of the society. Morality, as the behavior code, maintains human collective interests and conducts people in proper behavior. Acting morally is a manifestation of social responsibility. Morality teaches us how to act and treat other people, for example, people should concern about the collective interest as they treat their own benefits. Acting morally gains benefit for people, as Hospers declares, “It pays to be helpful to others because when you need help, it is much more like that will help you in turn.” (Hospers 20)In other words, the moral behavior applies the Golden Rule that treats other as the way you want to be treated. In this case, you can still be moral even without believing in God or any other religions, as you take care of other’s feeling as your own. Under the morality aspect of society, what people consider most is the common interest rather than the good for a person only. Nevertheless, only under such circumstances, the existence of society makes sense. If there is no morality to constraint people, then the irreconcilable contradictions will appear among people as people do whatever they want. Therefore, acting morally fulfills the demand of the interest of …show more content…
In this way, morality also comes from secular human experience, as the result of human experience and reasoning. We may born with morality, but we should learn it through the life experience and keep in that manner in order to be moral, just as Irwin translated Aristotle’s word, “Someone who is to be good must be finely brought up and habituated, and then must live in decent practices, doing base actions neither willingly nor unwillingly. And this will be true if his life follows some sort of understanding and correct order that prevails on him.” (Irwin 169) In this way, morality is not one-time item for people. Therefore, someone who acts in morality continuously that will be considered as a moral person. For people who still act in immoral ways, because they are blinded by temporary pleasure, as a result, they are punished and critiqued. Thus, acting morally fulfills one’s inner peace rather than exactly gain something physically. At the same Morality is the representation of human reasoning, as Hospers points out that “Only human beings, so far as we can tell, think about a problem, weigh the alternatives, and make choices.”(Hopsers 17) In this way, reason decides whether act or not act for people, and find the best path for people to reach the moral stage for