It depends on your definition of morality, I suppose. If morality is just a set of laws that are required for society to operate, then the civil law is exactly that. If your morality, as mine does, takes into account the interests of non-humans too, then it goes beyond what is necessary for human society to function. Having said that, we have laws against animal cruelty (though only, it seems, for cute fluffy animals which we don't eat), which shows that our civil law incorporates other aspects of morality too.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
