What is Morality and religion?
[[Religion]] and [[morality]] are not the same thing. There is often a link between '''morality and religion''' but this is not always true. The [[religion]] of a person will often affect the [[Morality|moral values]] of that person. Most religions have ideas as to what is right or wrong, or how a person should behave in a given situation. Most civilizations also have a moral code that that group of people find acceptable. These two codes are not always the same. Religion are often built around on morality.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRLXAAAAMAAJ|title=On Kant|last1=Thomson|first1=Garrett|publisher=Thomson/Wadsworth|year=2003|isbn=9780534584078|edition=2, revised|series=Wadsworth philosophers series|publication-date=2003|page=76|quote=For Kant, morality does not depend on religion; religion depends on morality. The basis and justification of religious conviction is our moral feeling or the moral law. In the end, morality requires us to have faith in God [...].|access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref> They will often develop alongside morality,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rossano|first=Matt J.|date=2007-09-19|title=Supernaturalizing Social Life: Religion and the Evolution of Human Cooperation|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12110-007-9002-4|journal=Human Nature|language=en|volume=18|issue=3|pages=272–294|doi=10.1007/s12110-007-9002-4|issn=1045-6767}}</ref> but morality does not always depend upon religion. People [[Atheism|who do not follow a religion]] also have moral values. In some cases, [[Politician|political leaders]] say what people should see as right or wrong. [[Philosophy|Philosophical]] frameworks such as [[consequentialism]], [[freethought]], [[utilitarianism]] and [[humanism]] also have a moral component. None of these are [[Secularism|influenced by religion]]. == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Religion]] [[Category:Ethics]]