[Revised entry by John Hare and Jennifer Herdt on September 25, 2024.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
From the beginning of the Abrahamic faiths and of Greek philosophy, religion and morality have been closely intertwined in Western thought. This is true whether we go back within Greek philosophy or within Christianity and Judaism and Islam. This entry proceeds chronologically, seeking to describe the main options as they have occurred historically. This will make evident that morality and religion have been inseparable until very recently, and that our moral vocabularies are still deeply infused with this history….

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