Religion and reason are both means in themselves which may be combined to find an ultimate end. Independently, no religion, or reason should be defined as the correct guide for our behavior. In terms of right and wrong, the light of either view may be used as a mean and taken into consideration. In situational circumstances, no one view should keep the other from reaching an end. If the compatibility of religion and reason is accepted, then a solution is found to which view should take precedence over the other.
In the text “Ethics: A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory”, by Lawrence Hinman, different views of religious beliefs and moral rules are displayed. The most similar theory to that above is the compatibilist theory1. This
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