Week 1 Discussion: Morality, Ethics, and Religion

Due: Post your initial response by Wednesday night at 11:59pm Mountain Time. Your Instructor will post a response to your post by Friday 11:59 pm MT. Respond to your instructor’s comments by Sunday 11:59pm Mountain Time.

Step 1:
Choose either Option A or Option B and post a 150+ word discussion by Wednesday,
11:59 pm MT,
Be specific and give examples,
using at least two outside references, to buttress your argument. You may refer to your personal religious views but it is not necessary. Cite all sources in APA format.

Option A:
Religious pluralists… claim that there is a common core of ideas found among the world’s religious traditions.” (Mackinnon & Fiale, 2018, p. 28.)

Discussion:
Using your reading in this course so far and other research, discuss the ethical
ramifications of this statement.

Option B:

Discussion:
Using your reading in this course so far and other research, compare and/or contrast
the function of morality and religion from an ethical perspective.

Step 2
Read your instructor’s response and post a response to him by Friday, 11:59 pm MT.

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