Christian Ethics as a Discipline Flashcards
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2 aspects in the study of Christian Ethics
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- The clarification of the fundamental principles of the Christian life
- The interpretation of how the Christian community needs to make ethical judgement and to act in the light of its faith and conviction
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The clarification of the fundamental principles of the Christian life
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- Deals with the definition of the discipline, its nature , its methods, and its problems and prospects
- it deals with the clarification of the foundation and basic principles of Christian Ethics
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The interpretation of how the Christian community needs to make ethical judgement and to act in the light of its faith and conviction
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- deals with how the Christian community ought to decide and act in the face of an obligation or responsibility
- stresses how the Christian ought to decide and act in the light of his/her own Christian faith and convictions to fully develop himself as a human being
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A definition of Christian Ethics
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- “ethics” from the Greek word “ethos” originally meant customs, habitual conduct, much later, character
- “moral” is derived from the Latin word “mores”, which signifies customs and habits
- Ethics and moral have references to the things which people approve as good, right ,desirable, obligatory, worthy, and so forth
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Christian Ethics Characteristics
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- Normative Discipline
- Inclusive
- Interdisciplinary
- Reflective/critical/open
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Normative Discipline
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Inclusive
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- it includes all of human’s moral experiences for its data
- it includes the whole moral ethos
- web of values, meanings, purposes, expectations, and legitimations that constitutes the operating norms of a culture in a relationship to a social entity
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Interdisciplinary
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- Practitioners commits to complementary theoretical and empirical studies in theology, Bible, philosophy, and the sciences
- it needs the secular wisdom and religious wisdom coming from the theological, philosophical, and Bible studies
- it gives the practitioners of the sciences the moral guidance and insights needed in the use and application of the scientific findings
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Reflection/critical/open
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- it seeks to set forth a system or standard of human conduct
- it tries to show how that system of human conduct and certain fundamental normative statements can be easily rationally pursued and supported
- it takes into consideration all available data needed to make a decision
- critically looks into all standards of human conduct and chooses the most appropriate one the achieve its goals
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Christian Ethics Criteria of Obligation
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- Criterion of right (or wrong)
- Criterion of good (or bad/evil)
- Criterion of fit (or unfit)
- Criterions of meaning (or meaningless)
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Criterion of right (or wrong)
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Criterion of good (or bad/evil)
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Criterion of fit (or unfit)
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Criterions of meaning (or meaningless)
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Philosophical Ethics
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- it is based upon a very high regard for a person’s rational capacity
- it contains threefold elements composing the human person
- it is teleological - directed toward the achievement of the end or purpose (telos)
