Patrick Nowell-Smith rejects religious morality because

a. it is hard to discern God’s will.
b. it merely duplicates what we could discover through reason alone.
c. its emphasis on rules makes it an infantile morality.
d. it commands us to be morally perfect, which is an unattainable goal.


c. its emphasis on rules makes it an infantile morality.

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