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Underlying the beliefs of most religious people are the values: freedom, equality, .
democracy, recognition of interdependence, commitment to justice, and human rights. .
Religion can not solve the economic, political, and social problems of this earth, but they .
do contribute to the development of moral character. I, as well as many others believe .
that government employees should posses" moral character, because it is important for .
public service. Administrative morality is grounded in the constitution, secular moral .
codes, and often utilitarian and deontological schools of thought. Using new definitions .
for old accepted meaning of well-known words, politicians have changed adultery into .
freedom of expression; sex is now "fooling around"; promiscuity is recreational; .
homosexuality is a lifestyle; and abortion is choice. Morality is doing what pleases you. .
Morality has been redefined to personal opinion. Hence, morality can never be used by .
any modified definition to serve as a basis for false idea, unethical commercialism, .
political correctness or deviant lifestyles. Obedience to moral law is a universal .
obligation world wide. Our morals are the only thing that sustains us from living in .
chaotic and corrupt lifestyles.
Though honesty has always served as the greater good in people, people have .
begun justifying lying over the years, however, if they believe it serves a protective end .
or greater good. Harriet Learner describes this change has been caused by the change in .
our political climate. Lerner proclaims, "Perhaps they (political powers) believed that .
they were acting on behalf of higher principles, such as loyalty or solidarity."(258) Our .
political powers have made it easier for society to rationalize our own private departures .
from the truth, in their so called campaigns. This type of rationalization has resulted in a .
false justification of human nature. Nicolo Machiavelli argues, "Let a prince win and .
