REL 101REL 101Introduction to ReligionIntroduction to Religion

Session 12Session 12

Religion and MoralityReligion and Morality

Religion and MoralityReligion and Morality

How do you know if something is How do you know if something is right or wrong?right or wrong?

Do people need to be religious in Do people need to be religious in order to know right and wrong?order to know right and wrong?

Can religion prevent one from Can religion prevent one from knowing right and wrong?knowing right and wrong?

Ethics and MoralityEthics and Morality

EthicsEthics Is the study of what constitutes what is Is the study of what constitutes what is

good.good. It ask if a particular course of action It ask if a particular course of action

right or wrongright or wrong MoralityMorality

is ways of thinking, feeling and acting is ways of thinking, feeling and acting that focuses on concern for human that focuses on concern for human welfare.welfare.

Justifications for MoralityJustifications for Morality

Deontological reasonsDeontological reasons It judges the morality of an action based It judges the morality of an action based

on the action's adherence to rules or on the action's adherence to rules or duties.duties.

Rule-deontological and Act-Rule-deontological and Act-deontologicaldeontological

Justifications for MoralityJustifications for Morality

Teleological reasonsTeleological reasons Focuses on the consequences which any Focuses on the consequences which any

action might have.action might have. When we make choices which result in When we make choices which result in

the correct consequences, then we are the correct consequences, then we are acting morally; when we make choices acting morally; when we make choices which result in the incorrect which result in the incorrect consequences, then we are acting consequences, then we are acting immorally. immorally.

Rule-teleological and Act-teleologicalRule-teleological and Act-teleological