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RELIGION AND INFLUENCE ON ETHICS

REAL LIFE SITUATION: PARIS SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACKS - DATE: November 2015 - Killed 130 people and wounded 494 - Armed with assault rifles and explosives - Targeted six locations - ISIS claimed responsibility - Suicide Bombing

Our central knowledge question Ethical behaviour comprises of actions of an individual based on their learnings. It is the moral code that guides an individual and helps in decision-making. Religious beliefs refer to the attitudes towards spiritual aspects of a religion. It differs from religious practice. TO WHAT EXTENT DO FAITH AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SHAPE ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR in the production of knowledge?

AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE

WAYS OF KNOWING

EXPLORING KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS - How do religious knowledge systems influence the ethical behaviour in society? - How do religious knowledge systems affect shared knowledge? - How do religious knowledge systems determine the hierarchy of power in society? - How does emotion affect a society’s ethics?

CLAIM 1 Our religion affects our behaviour, and the ethicality of it is judged by the court of law - Priests which are knowers have responsibility for accuracy, presenting emotional truth - Moral question - Should one be forced to justify their faith using reason? - RLS: SABARIMALA TEMPLE

REAL LIFE SITUATION 2 SABARIMALA TEMPLE

COUNTERCLAIM 1 ‘We can be ethical without being religious’

REAL SITUATION 3

CLAIM 2 “Faith limits the acquisition of new knowledge.” - The term ‘faith’ is most frequently used to refer specifically to religious faith, but can also be used in a secular sense as a synonym for trust.” - Faith Based On Knowledge - In a sense, faith leads only to personal knowledge as it is a subjective commitment of belief without the evidence that would compel universally shared agreement.

COUNTERCLAIM 2 Shared knowledge is individually understood largely through emotion - Shared knowledge structured by the society, systematic in its nature and the product of more than one individual’s thoughts. - It changes and evolves over time.

REAL LIFE SITUATION 5 The Babri Masjid- Ayodhya dispute

CONCLUSION

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