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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (80006)12/31/2003 9:19:24 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
It is unlikely that ethics are a subset of religion. It is much more likely that ethics is simply something that can be, but does not need to be, related to religion.

I, for example, derive my ethics from what I perceive to be utilitarian. It has nothing whatsoever to do with God, and everything to do with what I consider to be an amiable existence. What I consider pleasant and good is not influenced by religion, it is influenced by my experience in the world.

While there is a certain amount of confluence between my ethics, and religious ethics, that is merely an instance of parallel evolution (like the squid eye and the human eye). The ignorant observer might believe they arise in the same way, but that is merely a product of ignorance.
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