PHIL1070 Lecture Notes - Predestination In Calvinism, Hackett Publishing Company
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Introduction: the importance of being virtuous and acting moral in our law-based society depends not only on one"s desire to fulfill religious standards, but also on their desire to be accepted. Conclusion: it is important to be a moral person in order to satisfy spiritual goals as well as fulfill a need for acceptance. God isn"t in a gang: how spirituality and acceptance constitute morality and virtue. The importance of being virtuous and acting moral in our law-based society depends not only on one"s desire to fulfill religious standards, but also on their desire to be accepted. Spiritual groups provide dogmas for how to live the present life in order to receive the best possible outcome in the afterlife. Secondly, our inherent need for societal acceptance establishes the reasoning behind our moral behavior. Since immoral people are rejected by society, being good and virtuous will lead to one"s fulfillment of their need to be accepted.
