The Baha'i Studies Listserv I like the Golden Rule as the beginning, the middle, and the end of all ethics and of all morality.
Sent from my iPad On Apr 18, 2013, at 12:43, Stephen Kent Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > I remember talking about these concepts earlier. Post conventional morality > is based on a social contract and universal ethical principles without > regards to specific terms on which they need to be based upon. Conventional > morality is based on authority and conformity which requires a specific norm > and everyone to conform to it. Pre conventional morality is based on rewards > and punishments. > > Don C seem to think the Baha'i Faith is the prime example of a post > conventional religion. You can look at them and see which new religious > movements are even better examples of a post conventional religion. This is > especially with regards to sexual morality and ethics as a subtropical as > well. > > Bahai's tend to have a lot of conventional morality. Just look at the Aqdas > and try and see wether or not that qualifies as a convention. > > To summarize, why is anything more than the platinum rule, golden rule, > silver rule, and non aggression principle which are all the same thing > enough? Especially when you apply these to sexuality (which was the last > topic that spilled over in those topic)? > > Among major religious groups or world religions: Baha'i Faith, Cao Dai, > Cheodogyo, Tenrikyo, Wicca, Sekai Kysuei Kyo, Seicho No Ie, Rastafarianism, > Unitarian Universalism, Scientology, Eckankar, LaVeyanism, Raëlism, > Neo-Druidism, etc. are all new religious movements. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_new_religious_movements > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UFO_religions > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_religion > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg%27s_stages_of_moral_development > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_in_religion > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality_and_religion > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups > > Sent from my iPad __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-698412-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
