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How do people know what is the morally right thing to do?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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A:You define morality by what you believe is right. It is true that ideas of morality have evolved over the centuries, but hopefully we are reaching a point when we can define morality, with or without religion. Two examples of former moral beliefs:
  • Once, even religious people believed that owning slaves was moral, but now agree that slavery is not moral.
  • Once, religious people believed that those whose religious beliefs differed from their own could be killed at will, or forcibly converted. Now, good people of all faiths accept the right of everyone to hold their different religious views.

Thus, it is also possible to follow a religion without holding any strong moral principles, or to hold to a moral belief system without having any religious beliefs. What is important is to follow our conscience and do what we know is right.

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