Morality-forming in the Age of Conscience

[donfriesen1]

Free-will is a principle seen derived from the pages of Gen2. Yet it is not derived from a command of God such as "Thou shalt have free will". But it is derived from the command not to eat the 'apple' and the placing of the 'tree' which had this fruit.

It is derived by reading between the lines.

As such, reading between the lines, or instead, calling it deductive reasoning, of words of God not directly related, leads to belief in a principle. This has led to the formation of a moral value.

This moral value, 'don't cram your beliefs down another's throat - forcing them to believe in it', was not a value coming from a command of God asking for it. This moral value admired by many with Western values except for many Moslems, came by way of deductive reasoning.

Which other moral value came by this means, in a time when God had not yet given much of his Word?