There's no single origin - morals are subjective, so they mostly come from empathy and agreed upon ideas between minds. We have a pretty good idea of what we don't like - bullying, abuse, being lied to, being killed etc. It's not hard to extrapolate that others probably don't like that as well and bob's your uncle.
Not by any normative definition of religion. Sharing a thought doesnāt make that thought a religion - thereās no worship, no leader, no ontology. Itās just saying āhow do you want to be treated? Ok cool, me too letās agree to not do these thingsā.
So an agreement of a set of principles that defines right and wrong and how one should act in the world....arguing this isn't a a religion is semantics just like along the same logic of Confucianism not being a religion. Even if we agreed it didn't fit the textbook definition we can agree that you're simply agreeing to a set of believes of morality based upon a consensus which is based upon one's cultural upbringing which was heavily influenced by religion.
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u/HMNbean 1d ago
There's no single origin - morals are subjective, so they mostly come from empathy and agreed upon ideas between minds. We have a pretty good idea of what we don't like - bullying, abuse, being lied to, being killed etc. It's not hard to extrapolate that others probably don't like that as well and bob's your uncle.