The role of religion in shaping contemporary man’s everyday moral character: an Islamic-Catholic perspective
The greatest problem that has confronted man since the beginning of his existence is the moral problem. Other problems (i.e., social, economic, political, religious, etc.) are only aspects of this masterproblem. Man as a sound, rational and moral being, is always faced with the question: What are...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/22731/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22731/1/270-271.pdf |
| Summary: | The greatest problem that has confronted man since the beginning of his existence is the moral
problem. Other problems (i.e., social, economic, political, religious, etc.) are only aspects of this masterproblem.
Man as a sound, rational and moral being, is always faced with the question: What are good and
evil, right and wrong, moral and immoral acts? Therefore, this paper attempts to study the significant role
of religion and its moral values in shaping man’s everyday aspect of character by promoting high moral
principles to enable him to eliminate contemporary social ills. The shaping of man’s character is seen as
an important issue by both religious groups of Islam and Catholicism. The Islamic-Catholic dictum - the
promotion of good moral values and the abstention from evil values, will serve as a cornerstone for
building the modern person’s everyday ethical aspect of character. A comparison between religious and
irreligious moralities, the influence of Islamic-Catholic ethics towards secular thinking and the application
of everyday ethics will be presented in the text of this paper, too. This paper reaches the following
conclusions: (1) Religion plays a significant role in shaping contemporary people’s day-to-day intrapersonal
and inter-personal moral aspects of character and this will be actualized only when the process of
‘religionization’ of people’s everyday ethics will be taken seriously by people of sound reason; (2) Only
religious or religionized ethics will enable humanity at large to solve contemporary problems. |
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