Ethics and religion

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Ethics And Religion 1 Ethics And Religion Nathaniel Franklin Chamberlain University ETHC445N: Principles of ethics Professor Daniel Henke 09/17/2023

Ethics And Religion 2 Ethics And Religion The relationship between ethics and religion is that both believe there is a right and wrong. Where religion is based on a divine power stating what is to be considered right and wrong, ethics uses logic and reasoning. “ In practice, ethics are decision-making tools that try to guide questions of human morality, by defining concepts such as good and bad, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc. ” (WPSU, n.d.). That being said, ethics and religion often go hand-in-hand. As most religions provide a set of guidelines in which a person should and should not act. In religion, “ a person trying to be ethical must serve all living beings because all the living beings are God's creation” (Naranje, 2015). The difference between ethics and religion is that ethics are always open to questions and discussion. Ethics is logical evaluation of what is considered the right thing to do in this situation. Ethics is how to live a good life in the real world. Religion is a structured way of believing a certain thing should be done. Because my religion says I should do this, then it is the right thing to do. “ This worldview usually includes a set of shared moral values as well as a shared interpretation of religious texts” (Enlightio, 2022). So, religion can have many different meanings to different people who all practice the same religion. With it being up for interpretation, there are many different views that can be shared inside the same religion. Who’s to say whether or not religion says you can’t do something then? If it’s open to interpretation, then many people could skew it to work in their favor depending on the need. Like serial killers who tell people that it was God that told them to do it, or that they believed they were possessed by demons, and they made them do the bad thing. For each case, would a natural law ethicist agree with what you say is the ethical form of conduct? Why or why not? A natural law ethicist believes everything has a natural purpose. By

Ethics And Religion 3 logically evaluating this purpose we can decide if the actions is correct. “The universe, Aristotle thought, is an orderly, rational system in which each thing has a proper place and serves its own special purpose” Rachels, S., & Rachels, J. (2019). For option 2 a natural law ethicist would say that it is Jane Doe’s right to feel the way she does. Now that she is a legal adult, she doesn’t have to conform to her parents’ religion if she doesn’t want to. However, with that being her parents’ religion if she does come out to them as being a lesbian, they may choose to disown her. For this example, I think that in order for Jane Doe to be true to herself she should come out to her parents. She shouldn’t hide how she feels from those she loves, and she shouldn’t feel as though that her sexual preference makes her any less of a person. Coming out to parents who you know will disagree with you and that is hard, but if she wants to be happy in her life, it is a step that she would need to take. A partner could see her not telling her parents about her as she is ashamed of her and the relationship she has. If she wants to have a prosperous relationship, she’d have to decide if potentially losing her parents was worth it. But if she chose to stay quiet, she would also be living a lie. I think that a natural law ethicist would agree with what I had to say, because according to their way of thinking, a person has the intrinsic values that govern their reasonings and behaviors. For option 3 a natural law ethicist would say that the rules for what Joe and Mary deem to be right and wrong are not created by society and law, but rather that they are created by them as individuals. If they wanted a child of themselves, then they have the capacity in which to make the decision regardless of what their religion states. However, if they wish to stay true to their religion, they could look at adopting a child. According to their religion, IVF is forbidden. Therefore, if they were to pursue IVF would their religion say that they are deemed unworthy?

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