Christianity Ethics A01 Flashcards
What does Theonomous ethics say
Use the bible alone
What does Heteronomous ethics
Use variety of sources eg church + Bible together
What does Autonomous ethics say
Use you reasoning alone
What are the key events that is an eg Theonomous
. OT
. Incarnation of Christ
. Luther’s Protestant reformation
What are the key events that are eg of Heteronomous ethics
. Jesus appoints St Peter as 1st Bishop of Rome - St Francis 266th Bishop of Rome
. Paul writes his letters
. Aquinas natural law
What are the key event that is a eg of autonomous ethics
. Fletcher situation law
Why should we use the Bible alone as a source of authority (Thenomous)
. Bible seen as a set of truth statements that reveal God’s message = propositional revelation
. Bible is the infallible word of God
What is one of the key principle of Luther’s Protestant reformation
‘Sola scripture’ - scripture as the sole source of moral authority
St Paul - ‘all scripture is God-breathed’ letter to Timothy
Why should we use the church as ONE of the source of authority (Heteronomous)
. Church’s role is “giving an authentic interpretation of the word of God” (catechism)
. Pope writes encyclical + delivery teachings on contemporary moral issues
. Church’s authority based on ‘Apostolic succession’
Why should we use reasoning as ONE of the sources of authority (Heteronomous)
. Catholic Church - Reason can be used to identify if God was revealed through natural law
. Aquinas - ethics could be discovered through ‘right reason in accordance with nature’
. Newman - conscience has more authority than church
Why should we use reason alone as a source of authority (Autonomous)
. Fletcher - to do the ‘most loving’ thing
. 4 presupposition - personalism, positivism, pragmatism, relativism
. Conscience is a verb - about thinking and deciding for ourselves
