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View submission: /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 24, 2025
I wonder what the substantial difference of religion and secular moral systems is, as, at the end of the day religious systems are guided by interpretations, based on the contemporary values.
For example, religion, as strict and specific as it can be, eventually gets taken apart and communities pick what they like about it and what no longer conforms with the contemporary values.
Likewise, a secular moral system could indicate the guiding principles, just to be completely outdated within a few centuries, since social interpretations of what is good, as defined by the values of that epoch, could be contrary to those of the future.
Coming back to your point, I believe both systems would likely crumble over time, but a secular system would stand more time in a more homogenous society, whereas a religious moral system would fare better under a less homogenous one.
Comment by Formless_Mind at 28/02/2025 at 04:21 UTC
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I wonder what the substantial difference of religion and secular moral systems is, as, at the end of the day religious systems are guided by interpretations, based on the contemporary values.
The biggest difference you can substantiate is religious moral-systems have a standardization towards their moral values given their scripts while secular moral-systems by contrast remain relative towards their value structure since most of the time they can be dismissed by opinion alone
For example, religion, as strict and specific as it can be, eventually gets taken apart and communities pick what they like about it and what no longer conforms with the contemporary values
Your right but moral guidelines behind the scriptures don't change, Christianity still has the ten commandments as a standard to all their moral values and so is the same with other religions, so yes l agree that the social sphere around religions can change but the themes written remain unaffected
Killing,stealing or any immoral action still is seen against the scripture in most Christian/Judeo communities despite how socially diverse they've become
since social interpretations of what is good, as defined by the values of that epoch, could be contrary to those of the future
In my opinion that's the sole reason why religious moral-systems will always do better than secular one's since they aren't subjected to the social climate of their time, what is good in a secular system is just arbitrary to the next person while the same can't be said in a religious system since what is good has a principle behind it and therefore will last for centuries to what good actually is