The advantage of a religious approach to ethics is that

it describes the “highest good,” and leads people to
strive for highly ethical behavior.



What will be an ideal response?


The advantage of
the secular approach is that it provides an
"overlapping consensus" among people who disagree
about religion. It provides a system of values and fair rules that can be agree upon by people of different
religious traditions.
The secular approach can be compatible with religion,
as its principles recognize basic ideas about human
rights that transcend religious boundaries.

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