Explanation
The word morality as in this entry is unlike ethics. Philosophers at different times (Kant, Hegel, and later R.M. Hare and Bernardo Williams for instance) have drawn numerous parallels. Etymologically however the word moral is derived from the Latin mos., meaning tradition, which is a Greek ethos translation which means almost the same and is the source of the word ethics. The term is used for the latter. The two words are synonymous for contemporary non-technical use while ethics is somewhat more technically oriented and correlated with the prescribed practices of many professions (for example, medical ethics). In either case, this entry suggests that morality is a collection of customs and practices influencing our thoughts about how to live or what a decent human life is. Religion is very divisive. Again, from etymology, we can understand. I think values may be religious-based, but I also think they should not be religiou
s-based. I do not think that people necessarily look at the morally correct or incorrect every day. Its unusual for the people who do. It all depends on how an individual was brought up, learned, and evolved with or with people with whom they grew up. I believe it is desirable for those people who were raised in a religious household to believe that morality depends on faith. However, I do not think religion for religious reasons is important.
God is designed as a lawgiver, with laws that we are to follow, in the main theistic traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He is not pushing us to comply. We have been formed as free agents so that we can either follow or deny his commandments. But we must obey the rules of God if we are to live as we ought to live. Some theologians also evolved this idea into a theory of the essence of the right and the wrong, called the theory of the Divine Command. Frank Herbert, Children of Dune has beautifully said: