The Core Values Of Secular Morality

Corporal punishment, as a measure of correction or of maintaining discipline and order in schools, is permitted. However, it shall be used only when all other alternative means of discipline have failed, and then only in reasonable form and upon the recommendation of the principal. If found necessary, it shall be administered by a certificated administrator in the presence of a witness who is an employee of the school district. It should never be inflicted in the presence of other pupils, nor without a witness. Corporal punishment shall be administered only by swatting the buttocks with a paddle. When it becomes necessary to use corporal punishment, it shall be administered so that there can be no chance of bodily injury or harm. Striking a student on the head or face is not permitted. The teacher or principal shall submit a report to the superintendent, explaining the reason for the use of corporal punishment as well as the details of the administration of the same.

“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

There are millions of people in the world who use religion as a guide to what is morally right or wrong in society. They have the perception that morality is impossible without a belief in a higher power or that religion and morality cannot be separate. On the other hand, there are also many people who believe that the only real basis for morality should be separate from a belief in a god and from religion itself. So does society really need to believe in a higher power to have morals? The answer is no for a few simple reasons. Morality is not necessarily a part of religion, nor is religion the essence of anything moral. Religion and morality can be separable in many different aspects along with the fact that not everyone who is moral is religious. Society can in fact have moral values regardless of whether a belief in a higher power is present or not.

Even in matters of outwardly secular morality, religion plays such a hegemonic role that, in many instances, secular morality is inadvertently influenced by religious morality. It could even be said that religious morality is greatly influenced by secular morals and not the other way around. While it would be difficult to assess the genealogy of morality it would be safe to say that morality has a very strong connection with religious morality. Moreover, to evade the almost omnipresent influence of religious morality would be nearly impossible; this allows for the almost constant melding of the two making them almost indistinguishable. While certainly not all morality is based on religion, it has become such a force that morality can

Secular Humanism is a rational system of beliefs that focuses on human thoughts, actions and values. It’s an attempt to function outside of Christianity. Secular Humanism shares with nonbeliever’s the notion that anything supernatural or religious should be prohibited. However, within Secular Humanism is the belief that the human is the peak of creation. They believe that human reason, and physical standards should be stressed in the areas of ethics and belief systems. Since the search for truth within Secular Humanism is defined by human ethics and standards not God. Secular Humanism values for facts are inconsistent. This worldview requires an individual to explore all matters necessary to search for truth and not just accept faith as a practical

What is Secular Humanism? Well I will be describing it to you throughout this essay. Secular Humanism is basically a humanist way of thinking. This idea revolves around people believing in a naturalist type world where people don’t believe in a higher power to solve problems. It is mostly about human reasoning, social justice, and naturalism where you make calls and judgments based on what you think is right and wrong and not what someone else said in a book.

Child abuser or an unfit parent are the words that come to mind, followed by disapproving looks and scornful stares, whenever a parent admits to using corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is an infliction of pain as punishment for unacceptable behavior, an offense, or wrongdoing. The punishment being administered by the parent or guardian can range in severity from a pop on the back of the hand to a belt or switch to the heinie. Although corporal punishment is a painful means of punishment, the issue here is whether or not it can be seen as justifiable when it comes to parents choosing to use it as a disciplinary tool at home. Whether or not a parent should spank their child has been quite a controversial

Christian ethics is the study of the way of life that conforms to the will of God. Judgment of behaviour derives from the fundamental Christian virtues. These are prudence, fortitude, temperance and justice. Christian ethics is essentially a religious ethic and is deeply founded in the revelation of God. Therefore, “how does the decline of Christianity in modern Western societies impede the validity of a Christian ethical approach to contemporary issues?” (Vorster, 2012). Using Vorster’s article as inspiration for research, I will be discussing whether in society today, true Christian ethics can be found. True Christian ethics involve “concepts like stewardship, readiness to serve and obedience to God” (Vorster, 2012). However, can these concepts flourish in an “environment where hard, rude pursuit of profits, wealth and prosperity are pursued” (Vorster, 2012).

It is a fact that classroom management and discipline has always been a challenge to pre-service teachers as they do not know and have not acquired the necessary skills to deal with unruly learners effectively. Often so, teachers in service use strategies that are incorrect or rather unacceptable; whether this is done intentionally or under certain desperation to gain control and respect of the learners. It is prevalent across the globe. Although the South African system has used corporal punishment for many years to maintain discipline and management in the classroom; there have always been other alternative ways which are effective and better as opposed to the harsh way of discipline. The Constitution of South Africa specifically banned the use of this harsh treatment because of the awareness that children are vulnerable and defenceless; therefore they are the ones who are at risk of being victims of crime, beatings and psychological trauma that are an ultimate result of being bullied by adults. My claim is that strategies used to maintain classrooms in public schools are not acceptable if they cause a negative effect to the development of our children. And I will argue that there are other alternatives that could be used to make sure that the classes run smooth and without causing any intimidation to either the learners or teachers in this industry, as the South African Journal of Education mentions that

In the generally fair conditions in the United States, many Americans may be unaware that events similar to Christianity’s counter-reformation are more of a current reality with other religions in other countries. As of February 2012, an Indonesian man, Alexander Aan, is serving 5 years in prison for a single Facebook post: “God doesn’t exist.” An event like this should certainly cause us to question our thoughts on religion and how much good it actually does. While some studies show that “religious people… donate more money to charities including non-religious charities,” specific religious groups have targeted and tortured others to enforce conversions to their religion. Prejudice against LGBTQ+ groups is widespread throughout religious groups as they claim their deities are against it. However, these are just a couple of examples showing just how unethical religions can appear to be. But these are only the connotations of religion, morality, and atheism. The true definition of religion is “an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or group of gods.” Note that morality has the separate definition of “beliefs about what is right and wrong behavior” and the counterpart of religion is atheism, or the lack of the “belief in the existence of a deity or deities.” These definitions are crucial to objectively viewing each argument when answering whether religion’s effects on different culture’s morals are positive or negative.

The world has changed in many different ways, but there are still things that need to be changed for the better. Corporal punishment is one of those things. All around the world, corporal punishment is affecting children in many ways. It is described as a form of discipline that hurts a child in a way and is used both in homes and schools. It has been going on for years upon years and very few people try to stop it. People believe corporal punishment is good for children, but there have been so many negative outcomes that other people argue against it. Although some people believe that corporal punishment helps improve a child’s behavior, corporal punishment should not be used because it could be used excessively and it is ineffective.

The relationship between religiosity and morality are contingent on one another. Researchers show that growing up in a religious home can indicate positive growth with good morals. There are always exceptions to that theory though. Plenty of so called “religious people” are far from possessing good

In this paper I will discuss the relationship between religion and morality. I will first address the question asked by those with religion, how are atheists moral? Then I will examine morality and its relativity to culture. Next I will explore whether those without a religion are actually more moral than those with a religion. And finally, I will discuss any possible objections to my claims. This argument is in no way saying that those that believe in God are unmoral but that those who don’t believe in God, are just as capable of being moral. Being atheist means that you choose to believe that God, or a god, does not exist. You have no faith or religion, you don’t go to church every Sunday morning, or pray every night before you

I will argue for the view that Morality does depend on religion due to the following: God 's existence, the divine theory, commandments, beliefs and etc. From bibles and scriptures has stated that without God we wouldn 't follow from what 's right and wrong beliefs. Taking such actions to commit and follow and that 's how we would know and develop our moral behavior. In a philosophic term, of morality is the attempt to achieve a systematic understanding of the nature of morality and what it requires of us- in Socrates’ words, of “how we ought to live,” and why. Morality is given in a perspective of minimum conception, in other words, universability, as to something is being proposed to be followed by everyone throughout the entire universe.

Morality has always been defined as the rules or standards governing the conduct of a human being according to the society and it selves. However, some people think that in order to have a strong morality one must first have a religion. On the other hands, others believe that there is no such thing as a having morals only if religion is involved. It’s hard to analyze because for many years we have been thought to believe that religion is a way of spirituality that will help our lives instead of corrupting it. I think that the main purpose of every religion is to help their neighbors and promote their God as the fully good and omnipotent which I think it’s a great action from the proclaimers of God. However, the fact that many religions are created to do good things that doesn’t mean that they always end up doing great things or that only those whom have a religion are capable of doing good things, or having good morals, therefore any one religious or non-religious can be moral.