Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
35. What are Pagan Ethics?
Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
Michael York [+]
Bath Spa University
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Michael York, professor emeritus of cultural astronomy and astrology at Bath Spa University, England, has published The Emerging Network (1995), The Divine versus the Asurian: An Interpretation of Indo-European Cult and Myth (1995), and his Paganism as a World Religion series: Pagan Theology (2003), Pagan Ethics (2016), and Pagan Mysticism (2019).
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Pagan ethics blend supernatural and natural concepts, emphasising individual freedom, practical application of ethics, and respect. Pagans generally avoid definitive judgments on good and evil, seeing these as context-dependent. A key aspect of pagan ethics is the sacred engagement with the natural world, emphasising the importance of locality and global-environmental interconnectedness.