…are concerned solely with maintaining morality. The issue of morality is minimal in other laws: one can legitimately evict an impoverished old couple from their mortgaged home or sentence a hungry man for stealing food. Only in the realm of sex is there a consistent body of law upholding mo...
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The Moral Majority remained a political force during the first half of the 1980s, working at both the state and national levels. However, near the end of the decade, the organization faced internal difficulties anddwindlingsupport. In 1987 Falwell resigned as president, and around this time seve...
This article, then, will deal with ethics as a field of philosophy, especially as it has developed in the West. For coverage of religiousconceptionsof ethics and the ethical systems associated with world religions,seeBuddhism;Christianity;Confucianism;Hinduism;Jainism;Judaism;Sikhism. ...