Morality, Rationality, and Spirituality

The close link between ethics and rationality is well accepted by the moral thinkers (Baier, The Moral Point of View: A Rational Basis of Ethics, Coronell University Press, Ithaca and London, 1958) not only because rationalityRationality provides the foundations for the moral point of view, but also because the content ofKant, I. morality is largely shaped by the practical reasonAristotle (Aristotle ( 1906) Nicomachean Ethics.( F.H. Peters, Trans.). London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner and Co. Ltd.; Kant, I ( 2004). The Critique of Practical Reason. ( T.K. Abbott, Trans.). New York: Dover Publications.). The moral life is considered to be mainly, if not exclusively, shaped by our rational way of living. To be moral is to be rational, that is, to follow the dictates of reason over the dictates of passions and inclinations.