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The independence of morality from religion

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  1. See for exampleEthics Without God (New York: Pemberton Publishing Co. Ltd., 1973); “God and the Good: Does Morality Need Religion?”, inEthics in Perspective, eds. Karsten J. Struhl and Paula Rothenberg Struhl (New York: Random House, 1975); “Some Remarks on the Independence of Morality from Religion”,Mind, 70 (1962).

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    Osmond G. Ramberan

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Ramberan, O.G. The independence of morality from religion. SOPH 18, 14–21 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02790686

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