Religion: More Money, More Morals

The Evolving Spirit: Morals and Mutualism in Arabella Buckley’s Evolutionary Epic

Contemporaries of Charles Darwin were divided on reconciling his theory of natural selection with religion and morality. Although Alfred Russel Wallace stands out as a spiritualist advocate of natural selection who rejected a natural origin of morality, the science popularizer and spiritualist Arabella Buckley (1840–1929) offers a more representative example of how theists, whether spiritualist...

Morality and ethics without religion

The editorial in question repeatedly suggests that morals are derived from religious principles. This is a common misconception. Indeed, amoral and unethical behavior is often supported by religion; historical and contemporary examples are support for slavery and oppression of women and homosexuals. Moreover, numerous secular, nonreligious individuals and organizations (such as Doctors Without ...

Socio-spritual and Medical Ethics in Ayurveda: Its Relevence in Current Community Based Primary Health Care*

Background : India has rich unsurpassed heritage and excellence in every field. Following our concepts of bhootdaya, we can achieve our goal of positive health which is not just disease free body but healthy mind, soul and society as well. Objective: The main objective is to advocate and convince that medical ethics is not a new concept given by cosmopolitan / conventional medicine but its vivi...

Religion and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from PSM Approach

While some research projects have been done into the guidelines for and inefficacy of religious involvement in subjective well-being (SWB), it has been well-argued that religious involvement should be more considered as one of the key elements triggering off SWB. The current study examines the possible relationship between religious involvement, religious attendance, religious beliefs, and SWB ...

Rebel with a cause: when morals, politics, and religion collide.