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Long-since established social ethics which will continue to exist, presumably, in a secular government, and legal boundaries. Where god once regulated the behaviour of the individual, people will now regulate people. The individual will self-regulate through fear of public-perception.
Great question, though. I think that arguing which came first, religion or generally accepted ethics and morals is often like a chicken/egg argument. However, these days it seems that much of the religious approach to ethics and morals has been incorporated into social conduct, and that society could, in the future, act as a surrogate for the moral and ethical effects of religion.
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