In fact, spanking is a good way to discipline by helping to build self-awareness and morality, it is beneficial to maintain order in society. ... Morality and discipline that has already been established at a young age keeps society in order and well-organized. ... As the children grow to an adulthood, they will know what is good or bad behavior and what they are allowed to do under the statement of the law. Besides this, children will be more self- controlled in their behavior to do under the law. ... In conclusion, spanking is a good way to discipline youth by helping youth to build morality...

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Is there any basis of morality for non-believers? ... The Law of the Old Covenant was given after Exodus. ... All the law in the Torah and in the Bible are God breathed/inspired, originated from the supreme law giver. ... Talking about morality? ... Morality takes a different shape when there was/is only one couple on the whole earth. ...

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Morality of religion and family played a huge factor in the life of the Puritans. ... So in order to fulfill those requirements, they had severe limits dealing with morality of family and religion. ... These laws showed their glorious admiration for God which is necessary to live and grow by. ... The Puritans obtained many strict laws enforcing morality with family and religion based from the Bible. ...

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A compatibilist would say that Bert's action of going skateboarding was free, however it was predetermined that based on the laws of the world and the initial conditions, Bert would go skateboarding. ... If we accept God's omniscience to be true, then because of determinism, no concept of morality should exist. ... The Bible is clearly contradictory because if we hold God's omniscience to be true, our concept of morality is faulty. Some would say that guiding people to act in accordance to morality is the ultimate reason for the Bible and religion. ... The obvious answer is yes,...

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Elaborate tissues of ancient religion-social laws were created and were indestructible. Hindu's tried to build a wall of law around the faith so that none could stray from it. ... These laws that regulate the caste are saved for there is no other unifying element in all Hinduism. ... The vie that Christianity represents a unity of divine service, knowledge of God, and morality long impeded the conceptual definition of the essence of Christianity. ... Yet no mater what stage of life one is in, "renouncing the fruits of your labors" is the supreme law of morality. ...

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In order for humans to make a choice morality has to be involved in free will. ... God gave us laws for guidance for our actions, and left the rest for humans to act as there own agents and choose to follow or not to follow those laws. ...

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This book is so important because it wholly defines Judaism and is the basis for Jewish laws, practices and morality. ... The Egyptians were also the first to link the after life to morality; the belief that when one dies, the KA would be judged based on your morality. ... The people of Canaan agreed to do anything for the Lord and follow his laws, which are summarized through the Ten Commandments. ...

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Major theistic religions see God as a lawgiver who creates laws for us to obey. ... Thomas Aquinas realized this and connected morality with religion in a different way which gave rise to the Theory of Natural Law. ...

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Kantian and Divine Command Theory The term 'autonomy', from the Greek roots 'autos' and 'nomos' [self + law] refers to the right or capacity of individuals to govern themselves. ... For Kant, autonomy functions as the ability to know what morality requires of us, rather than as the freedom to pursue our ends. ...

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The apparent connection between morality and religion appears to many people to support the claim that moral truths require a religious foundation, or can best be explained by God's existence, or some qualities or actions of God. ... " (Saint Augustine pg. 61) In Christianity we are given rules or laws to abide by which were created by God to follow in order to achieve happiness, mortality, and to get in to heaven in the afterlife. ... If you lived your life according to the Laws of God then you soul is going to be sent into heaven and from there you will be with God and the other sa...

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To approach any text we must first have some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. In approaching a religious text this understanding becomes even more muddled due to the vast complexities and differences that exist between religion and contemporary thought. To accurately approa...

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