Some great points Zuckerman makes:
- If you base your morality from scripture, it's not morality but obedience. Following orders is not morality. It is moral outsourcing.
I am reminded of Nazi Germany. Morality was sacrificed on the altar of obedience to a totalitarian leader. - Who is more moral? A person who understands why something is wrong and acts responsibly or someone who sticks to the rules out of fear of punishment and the promise of rewards
- Morality is derived from:
- Empathy (evolutionary path)
- Our parents
- Our cultural norms and values
- Personal experience.
Phil Zuckerman, a 3rd generation secular Jew, is a professor of sociology at Pitzer College and specializes in the sociology of secularity. He is also the author of Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions, Society without God, Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion and other books.
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