A word worth contemplation from the Dalai Lama: For those who believe that truth requires God, God alone can make ethics binding. Without God as the guarantor, they suggest, there is at best only relative truth, so that what is true for one person may not be true for another. And in this situation there is no basis for distinguishing right from wrong, for evaluating good and bad, or for restraining selfish and destructive impulses and cultivating inner values. While I fully respect this point of view, it is not one I share. I do not agree that ethics requires grounding in religious concepts or faith. Instead, I firmly believe that ethics can also emerge simply as a natural and rational response to our very humanity and our common human condition. H.H. Dalai Lama (2011-12-06). Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World (p. 13). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition.
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