For goodness sake: How religious stories work to make us good and the goodness that they make

Walter Feinberg

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8626-7_7

For goodness sake: How religious stories work to make us good and the goodness that they make

Walter Feinberg

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This essay examines the possible meanings of the claim that one needs to be religious to be a moral person in order to determine whether there is any sense in which it could be true. It concludes that the claim has a number of different possible meanings but only one suggests a uniquely religious conception of morality. The chapter then draws out some implications for moral education.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Education, Democracy, and the Moral Life
Editors	Michael S Katz, Susan Verducci, Gert Biesta
Publisher	Springer
Pages	85-100
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781402086267
ISBN (Print)	9781402086250, 9789048123551
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8626-7_7
State	Published - 2009

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