ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHICS AND RELIGION
ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHICS AND RELIGION

Summary/Abstract: Recently there has been a substantial and concerted effort to rehabilitate religion in the field of philosophy in general and its intersection with the subdiscipline of ethics in particular. This resurgence of interest has been, to the delight of practitioners of philosophy, very much accompanied by overgenerous funding and financial support for academic positions, fellowships, programmes and projects. This extracurricular resurrection of focus on and attention to religion in the discipline of philosophy is not only welcome to philosophers for the wider exposure of philosophy to the public domain but also for proffering new opportunities to expand the remits of research and investigation within various subdisciplines of philosophy, especially in ethics. However, against the backdrop of the persistently chequered history of the relationship between philosophy and religion, the purpose of this paper is to survey the areas of contention specifically in the field of ethics where the liaison has been, to say the least, tempestuous if not outright acrimonious and hostile. Such a survey allows a measured approach to the interaction between religion and ethics that would ultimately benefit both parties in this transaction.

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