G.J. Warnock makes an interesting observation of ethics. He espoused in that it is mostly understood in the breach rather than the practice . Lindsay Jones, the editor of the Morality and Religion text is a subscriber to this ethical belief. Confirming this statement is the thought that it is wrong to kill you parents and to commit parricide (Jones). The why that is is important is not agreed upon by many theorists. But James Fine believes that the intention of the crime is important. If the crime against morality is a result of an uncontrollable action, the moral worth of the person committing the crime is not in question. Religion and morality go together as one is needed for the other to exist. This premise is not universally held though and some belief that morality comes from a sense of living together and not from God as religion does. Moral views are not shared equally by all for example the commandment not to kill in some faiths is believed to mean do not kill when all the people believe in the same things that the killer does. If you believe differently, then, it is permissible to kill. Or perhaps the theory of Darwinism diminishes the need to believe in a divine creator.
But the more commonly held theory is that religion, a belief in a higher being, is a lesson in morality. Kant, a great philosopher, believed that religion and morality are mutually necessary. God rewards the good. God punishes wrongdoing. These two notions work together to create a moral society in which punishment exists and is righteous for wrongdoing and rewards are great for those who do good works.
Morality is necessary in a society to achieve a lifestyle that exists beyond just a growing of crops and sustenance. In a growing society morals are conditioned upon laws of order so that people can live together and grow. Since people have the desire to believe in a higher being to give their own meager existence meaning, the God who punishes and rewards is all important.
In order to live in a society the issue of morality and religious is necessary. The two become intertwined with each other in a way as to look for the good of God in the lives of HIs people. God is a good God but one to be feared as eternal salvation is the desired end for the sufferings of this life.
References
Jones, Lindsay. Encyclopedia of Religion. London: Thomas Gale, 2005. [online] doi:moralityandreligion.pdf.Accessed January 2016.
