Epicureanism: Philosophy or Religion/criteria grid
October 31, 2010 · Filed Under Epicurean solutions, unwittingly Epicurean
| Criteria | Philosophy | Religion | Epicureanism |
| Ethics (moral teachings): What is right/wrong? | y | y | y |
| Ttheory of knowledge: What is true/false? | y | y/n | y |
| Metaphysics: What is there and what is it like? | y | y | y |
| Consistence of the above fields | y | n | y |
| Theology: nature and activities of deity or deities | y/n | y | y |
| Faith required | n | y | y |
| Belief in and reverence for a Savior | n | y | y |
| Belief in and reverence for deity or deities | n | y | y |
| Ethics of autonomy apply | y/n | y/n | y |
| Ethics of community apply | n | y | y |
| Ethics of divinity apply | n | y | y |
| Consistence of Moral Teachings and Behavior | n | y | y |
| feeling of elevation | n | y | y |
| feeling of fear of deity or deities | n | y/n | n |
| feeling of gratitude towards deity or deities | n | y/n | n |
| recommended or prescribed behavior | n | y | y |
| participation in rituals | n | y | y |
| symbolism | n | y | y |
| traditions | n | y | y |
| sacred histories | n | y | y |
| goal and meaning of life | n | y | y |
| preferred lifestyle | y/n | y | y |
| religious laws | n | y | n |
| love/altruism for neighbor | n | y | y |
| desire control | n | y | y |
| prayer | n | y | n |
| reflection | y | y/n | y |
| teaching | y/n | y | y |
| strong communal life | y/n | y | y |
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I’m wondering what was the purpose of this comparison? (Comparison for the sake of comparison is a valid purpose…)
I would say to the philosophy-or-religion -question that the definition of religion must include the supernatural. Otherwise any and all things can be called a religion. And then the word ceases to mean anything. If we want to describe things accurately, we must not introduce such a confusion.
Epicureanism doesn’t have anything supernatural (even the divine is natural), so it would not be a religion.