Great Throughts Treasury

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Moral codes

"Whatever else religion may be, it is also anthropology - in the sense that it fosters conceptions of human authenticity on whose basis moral codes can be drawn up and the actual behavior of individuals and societies assessed, challenged, and altered. Religion speaks not only of the divine but of the divine intention for the human." - John Douglas Hall

"Moral codes have become necessary because evolution, in liberating humankind from complete dependence on instincts, has also made it possible for us to act with malice that no organism ruled by instincts alone could possess." - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, native form is Csíkszentmihályi Mihály

"Blessings on the hand of women! Angels guard its strength and grace, in the palace, cottage, hovel, oh, no matter where the place. " - William Ross Wallace

"Whatever else religion may be, it is also anthropology - in the sense that it fosters conceptions of human authenticity on whose basis moral codes can be drawn up and the actual behavior of individuals and societies assessed, challenged, and altered. Religion speaks not only of the divine but of the divine intention for the human." - John Douglas Hall

"Blessings on the hand of women! Angels guard its strength and grace, in the palace, cottage, hovel, oh, no matter where the place. " - William Ross Wallace