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Religion has played a main role in society in establishing moral laws. All through out human history, as it is recorded in historical documents, religious institutions have been in charge of morality. In fact, the concepts of right and wrong are part of the beliefs system itself. The followers of a specific religion follow the moral system established by the religion. In Hinduism, for example, "Karma" is an important element of the belief system. Karma …

…categories of low and higher pleasures. Higher pleasure are those of "the intellect, of the feelings and imagination, and of the moral sentiments a much higher value as pleasure than to those of mere sensation" (Mill 88). The second point of his theory deals with the motive to do what is morally right. He asks, "What is its sanction? What are the Motives to Obey? Or, more specifically, what is the source of its obligation?" (Mill 90).