Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Is morality built into humans?

Do you believe that morality comes from religion, or that it is a function of the psychological faculties of the mind? Researchers at Harvard are trying to settle the question using a Moral Sense Test that you can take on the web. The tests support the idea that morality--knowing right from wrong--comes from built-in psychological principles and not from any organized religion. Thus the concept that religion is necessary for a person to have a moral sense is not true. You can be moral without being religious. You can take the test at http://moral.wjh.harvard.edu.

From an item in the NY Times “Week In Review” of Nov. 11, 2005.

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