Commandment

A bid is a binding statement that can be taken as a positive commandment or a negative commandment, that as a prohibition. Bids are generally not simply laws, since not every bid also the force of law is inherent in or ascribed.

Religious and ethical precepts often derive from from the natural law, or the Golden Rule. Your influence on the actions is also related to the education and personal conscience.

Judaism

The Ten Commandments ( the Decalogue ) of the Hebrew Bible are a summarization of the closed moral contract ( covenant ) of God with the people of Israel at Mount Sinai. They are an important part of the Jewish tradition Federal with God, the Ten Commandments, not so much arise from the out as prohibitions, but as a recommendation for a life in union with God.

The mitzvah is a commandment in Judaism, which is either mentioned in the Torah or fixed by the rabbis. According to the Talmud share the 613 mitzvot into 365 prohibitions and 248 bids.

Christianity

Christianity takes over a large part of the stock of general Jewish commandments, such as the Decalogue, but not many provisions of the Jewish ritual, purity and dietary laws. Special emphasis in the New Testament experience doing certain commandments from the Old Testament: the commandment of love of God (5 Mos 6.5 EU) and the commandment of charity (3 Mos 19.18 EU). Most Christian denominations also exclude certain Detailed instructions, delivering about Sunday's bid, the obligation to worship every Sunday.

If Jesus Christ of bids speaks, he often puts them in relation to God's love, as in John 14:21: He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. But he who loves me will be loved by my Father.

Buddhism

In the Buddhist teachings, there are ethical guidelines or recommendations, the Buddha had given his students. In the various Buddhist schools, different aspects are emphasized. Examples of these policies are the five precepts ( moral precepts), on the observance of a follower of Theravada Buddhism drops a vow, or the six liberating actions (Six Paramitas ) of a bodhisattva.

Indian traditions

In Yoga, the Yamas Niyamas meet specific commandments.

State bids

State regulations and laws are based as opposed to ethical precepts primarily on bans. The character of bids have, for example, some rules of the German and Austrian road traffic regulations, such as to comply with a speed appropriate to the situation (see also recommended speed ). But here it is not about ethics, but about legal standards.