Asiaa ovat muutkin pohtineet. Linkki englanninkieliseen tutkimukseen:Tony S kirjoitti:Kristityt - myös jehovantodistajat - esittävät säännöllisesti, että moraali on kristinuskon keksintö, ja että ilman kristinuskoa ihmisellä ei ole syytä olla moraalinen, eettinen...
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~mnkylab/pub ... elig05.pdf
"These studies begin to provide empirical support for the idea that...
we are endowed with a moral faculty that guides our
intuitive judgments of right and wrong, interacting in interesting ways
with the local culture."
"There were no statistically significant differences between subjects with or
without religious backgrounds."
"But insights into the changing
moral landscape [e.g., animal rights, abortion, euthanasia, international
aid] have not come from religion, but from careful reflection on humanity
and what we consider a life well lived. In this respect, it is important for
us to be aware of the universal set of moral intuitions so that we can
reflect on them and, if we choose, act contrary to them. We can do this
without blasphemy, because it is our own nature, not God, that is the
source of our species morality. Hopefully, governments that equate
morality with religion are listening."
JK