Secular Ethics

Part I of Essay
1. Of members of the clergy: Living `in the world' and not in monastic seclusion, as distinguished from `regular' and `religious'. 2. Belonging to the world and its affairs as distinguished from the church and religion; civil, lay, temporal. Chiefly used as a negative te ....

Part II of Essay
.... to practice and live by. Secular ethics is very important for college students, because as each student begins his or her freshman year he or she has to start making many decisions based on secular ethics. Each person must choose between bad ethical decisions such as partying all the time, drinking, cheating, missing classes, and not doing homework or studying; and more desirable ethical decisions such as choosing not to drink, getting things done on time, and never giving up. The most important thing about secular ethics is that it ....