Discussion of the View that Morality and Religion are Linked

Discussion of the View that Morality and Religion are Linked

The view that morality and religion are linked together implies that

it is God who dictates to us humans whatever is moral. Therefore, any

action dictated to humans to carry out by God is morally right or

acceptable. Looking from this point of view, morality would be based

on unchangeable laws and this view is deontological because it based

on golden rules and does not look at present consequences before it is

considered moral or right. This view makes morality objective as it

lays down certain rules for humans to live by.

The Euthyphro dialogue is what the issue of religion and morality is

based around. This dialogue by Plato portrays the view that morality

and religion are linked. In this dialogue, Plato’s fictional

character, Euthyphro is going to persecute his father for killing a

peasant, which was done unintentionally. Due to fact that he believes

that any actions God commands humans to carry out should be obeyed, he

goes on to persecute his father. This point of perspective portrays

the view that morality and religion are linked.

This view is illustrated in Aristotle’s opinion on the relationship

between morality and religion. He proposed that God is the only

standard of right and wrong. This means he did not borrow any separate

principle of morality from any form and God himself implies goodness

and morality. Aristotle’s view is therefore analytically true as it

implies goodness and morality are included in the idea of God. This

view is also what the three monotheistic religions-Christianity, Islam

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Also, what might be said to be the will of God may actually not be, as

revelations have been seriously tampered with from generation to

generation. This will eventually end in a contradiction in ideas of

what God commands is morally right.

Lastly, the view that morality and religion are linked leaves out the

people that do not believe in God and makes pronounces them as

immoral, which may not be right as they might have some code of

conduct that they adhere to as well.

In conclusion, I personally feel that the view that morality and

religion are linked is a matter of spiritual belief in the teachings

of a religion and is not meant to be opened to discussion, as no

reasonable conclusion will be reached and it is a task because, it is

beyond our capability.