Laws against theft, for example, are based on the idea that taking someone else's property is morally wrong.
Laws against theft, for example, are based on the idea that taking someone else's property is morally wrong.
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==Morality based on religion==
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==Morality based on theistic religion==
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Others see a close connection between morality and [[religion]]. As Thomas Brewton points out, things like the [[Ten Commandments]] or the [[Code of Hammurabi]] were sets of rules to establish moral behavior, enforced in the context of religion.<ref>The Conservative Voice: [http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/9332.html "Morality and Political Order"] by Thomas Brewton</ref>
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Thomas Brewton points out that things like the [[Ten Commandments]] or the [[Code of Hammurabi]] were sets of rules to establish moral behavior, enforced in the context of religion.<ref>The Conservative Voice: [http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/9332.html "Morality and Political Order"] by Thomas Brewton</ref>
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Only by basing morals on [[God|God's]] standards can morality have any sort of absolute basis.
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Janine M. Ramsey:
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{{QuoteBox|Evil and good do objectively exist because they emanate from the fact that there is an unchanging, omniscient (all-knowing), and holy God. These are not subjective opinions invented and written down by man. Rather, ‘good’ expresses the innate characteristics of God Himself that He has built into every human being, and every human being is responsible to live up to those standards. And the absence of good defines evil.<ref>Ramsey, 2004</ref>}}