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New page: {{cquote|If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.}}<ref>Albert Einsten</ref> '''Coerced morality''' is the idea that [[eth...
{{cquote|If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.}}<ref>Albert Einsten</ref>
'''Coerced morality''' is the idea that [[ethics]] can spring from some force, either physical or mental. [[Law]] seeks to create a form of coerced morality, in that a citizen will decide to obey the law, not because of their inherent rightness and the value of morality, but for fear of the consequences. Similarly, religious laws are a form of coerced morality if obeyed only for fear of consequences, such as [[Heaven]] or [[Hell]].
Since coerced morality secures adhesion merely out of fear or hope, rather than inherent belief in the normative qualities of morality, coerced morality is a secondary tier of ethics, and someone who is good only out of coercion cannot be said to have resolved personal ethical issues.
==References==
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[[category:Ethics]]
'''Coerced morality''' is the idea that [[ethics]] can spring from some force, either physical or mental. [[Law]] seeks to create a form of coerced morality, in that a citizen will decide to obey the law, not because of their inherent rightness and the value of morality, but for fear of the consequences. Similarly, religious laws are a form of coerced morality if obeyed only for fear of consequences, such as [[Heaven]] or [[Hell]].
Since coerced morality secures adhesion merely out of fear or hope, rather than inherent belief in the normative qualities of morality, coerced morality is a secondary tier of ethics, and someone who is good only out of coercion cannot be said to have resolved personal ethical issues.
==References==
<references/>
[[category:Ethics]]