My father always reminded me that religion plays an important role in a person's morality. Of course this only applies if a person is religious and has a religious background. There are many religious people in this world, and if you asked them where their morals come from, they would say that it is based on their religion. So what is it that makes these two things so similar and distinct? Iris Murdoch, author of “Morality and Religion,” discusses how morality and religion need each other to function. Morality without religion is almost impossible because; religion influences our morals, religion allows one to establish better morals for oneself, and ideally morality is essentially religious. Morals are usually the standards of those who live, whether they are good or bad. However, what about when religion influences morality? Religion isn't or doesn't work for everyone, and that's okay. But there are many people out there who religion influences their morals; and the most common reason for this is that religion was influenced in them and their morals as children. Iri...