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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (406351)	5/15/2003 1:14:39 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "Ethics is set of principles of right conduct." >>> Agreed. "It is a theory or system of moral values." >>> That says basically the same thing but, agreed. "That is a subset of the definition of a religion." >>> Not agreed. Ethical values may (mostly, are) descended from religious precepts and religious conceptions of morality, but not solely or exclusively... particularly since the advent of the Enlightenment. "Morality is about being in accord with standards of right or good conduct." >>> Agreed. But, whose 'standards'? 'Standards' may vary. "It may or may not have anything to do with a religion or religious beliefs." >>> Perhaps. <That statement is essentially what I said originally... and with which you disagreed at length. Here, you are agreeing with my postulate, and disagreeing with much of your later objections to it...> But I believe that the influence of Religious thought on the development of ethical conceptions may not be dismissed quite so easily.