Morality
See also: Human sacrifice, Honor killing, Morality and religion, and Religious intoleranceAlbert Einstein stated that no religious basis is needed in order to display ethical behavior. Nobel Peace laureate, Muslim, and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi has criticized dogmatic Islam as morally deficient, arguing that it elevates to moral status many ancient and ill-informed rules that may have been designed for reasons of hygiene, politics, or other reasons in a bygone era. An example of this would be the idea that women and men must be kept separate, or that women who do not cover themselves up modestly have tendencies for immorality, or are in some way responsible for sexual assault.
Dawkins contends that theistic religions devalue human compassion and morality. In his view, the Bible contains many injunctions against following one's conscience over scripture, and positive actions are supposed to originate not from compassion, but from the fear of punishment.
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Famous quotes containing the word morality:
“There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
““Knowledge for its own sake”Mthat is the last snare that morality sets: here one gets all tangled up in it once again.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways find their Account in the Speculation of the Day.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)