Morality

Morality is based on a composite notion of right and wrong as accepted by a group or society. Religious morality has little to do with good and evil, from the perspective of humanist values. To the humanist, good is comprised of intentions and actions to promote peace, health and justice for all by valuing the natural environment and everything in it. Evil constitutes all those intentions and actions which undermine human progress from the point of view of peace, health and justice for all in a cherished natural environment. 

Those obsessed with religious morality operate under patriarchal standards of judgment of those who deviate from the the dogma of the religion. However, religions, often corrupted by hierarchy and money, operate with multiple standards of morality for different classes within religion. Clergy or officials are often held to a different standard within their own ranks. Those outside a religion are often summarily damned to subhuman status. The divisiveness of religion plagues humanity and hinders its progress. 

The humanist who is guided in all aspects of daily life by principles of nonviolence, pacifism and environmentalism will live a truly ethical life. Parsing morality becomes irrelevant in the mind of the educated and actively compassionate, because evil does not pollute that consciousness. This is the value of humanist practice. It is a process of living well and doing good to the best of my ability.