"Ethics and Religion"

In "Ethics and Religion; Ethical Relativism" I believe that the author fails to address as to where the “common underlying basis for all these different specific codes” come from (14). When arguing against moral relativism he questions, “Does the presence of a diversity of moral codes entail that there are no moral principles in in common across culture?” (13). The author would agree with me that basic ethical principles exist. I believe that in order for any ethical commonality to exist that must mean that we all started with some basic morals. Just because there are differences all around us in the way people morally behave does not mean that there was not a foundational beginning. Religion attempts to show that there have always been basic principles. Even if you follow through with Abrahamic religions, the central messages are all the same. This means that not all moral truths are embodied under religion. All religions are the similar in the sense that they express some common values. Religion should be accompanied with by intellect and natural insights we have about good vs evil. In that sense we as humans must think about our day to day lives and like the author said “identify the strengths and weaknesses of each” ethical issues (18). Within religions you have to ask yourself if what you are doing is morally correct because I think that religions do not provide a full spectrum of morals and ethics but do give us some moral principles.