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Humans are more important than animals
- Imago dei
- specism
- anthropocentrism (Kant)
- Physicalism, epicureans (accidental existence)
there is more to life than the physical world
- Physicalists, ockam’s razor
- BUT Pragmatism
- Logical positivism
- If god made physical world, must be beyond it
Humans will always cause conflict
- Selfishness hardwired + ought implies can
- BUT existentialism
- original sin
- Pelagius, free will+good
humans should be held responsible for their actions
- Richard dawkins + ought implies can
- God judges us so we must have f.w
- Hard determinism - nature ruled by laws, our minds nature
- Sartre rejects
There is only one god
- omnipotence problem
- Descartes on omnipotence
- monotheistic makes unity - neither jew nor..
- David hume - less conflict in polytheism
God is only possible explanation for universe
- William paley complexity argument
- David hume - not necessarily perfect being
- argument from contingency
- Empiricists + Ockhams razor
everyone suffers, therefore god cannot exist
- problem of evil
- platinga’s free will defence
- BUT utilitarianism
- John hick soul making
All religious people should oppose conflict
- Imago dei
- jesus showed righteous anger
- jesus was pacifist
- just war theory - jus ad bellum - aquinas
religious people have a duty to confront bullying
- anyone who hates brother sister is murderer
- inevitable because of original sin
- neither jew nor gentile - discriminatory bully
- blessed are those when people insult you (Matt 11:15)
Bullying is natural
- original sin, the fall
- Pelagianism
- Freud death instinct
- Rousseau - because of society
all sins should be crimes
- divine command theory
- now multi faith society - less the 50% Christian in london, article 18
- ten commandments have some solid rules, eg dont kill, kant agrees
- some bad, eglatarianism
there is no point in punishment if it does not change the wrongdoer
- jesus on accepting evil, cheek etc
- lex talionis
- agape, karuna
- utilitarianism if..
capital punishment is never justified
- imago dei
- lex talionis
- discriminatory - 4% in us
- aquinas - they are just beasts now
religious people should uphold all human rights
- js mill - article 3 right to iberty
- you are not your own
- niether jew… article 7 equality before law
- dont worship other gods deutronomy (article 18)
men and women should be equal in all things
- wives helpers and submit yourselves…
- all eqaul in eyes of god
- eve caused original sin
- egalitarianism
prejudice and discrimination are the biggest problems facing society today
- Imago dei, neither jew…
- Enoch powel rivers of blood 1968
- BUT cosmopolitan egalitarianism SO rejecting equality
- Jesus refuse help to canaanite
religious people should oppose multi ethnic society
- universal access exclusivists, conversion
- BUT restrictive access exclusivists
- pluralism
-BUT how can this be true
it is more important to work for justice than to give to charity
- Marxism
- Effective altruism
- charity does not fix problem, egalitarianism
- Libertarianism, misfortune not injustice, coersion is wrong
there is no afterlife
- physicalism, lucretius
- god breathed in soul
- logical positivism
- whoever believes will not perish
is there point in finding meaning of life
- way to salvation
- point of world is to change it - marx
- Socrates - unexamined world not worth living
- Albert Camus (athiest), cannot be a purpose
Euthanasia is always wrong
- you are not your own, imago dei
- harm principle
- GK chesterton
- seneca on quality of life
Homosexual relationships best model for society
- sex purpose is procreative only
- Quakers
- Leviticus 18:22 - detestable, scripture god breathed
- JS mill harm principle
No one should have sex outside marriage
- premarital - better to bur w passion (St P)
- BUT utilitarianism
- Adultery - violation of sacrament
- BUT harm principle only for physical
Religious people should not get married
- Gods plan was to marry
- Better to focus on god, do not love anything…
- Aquinas - marriage ideal place for children
- Plato
Religious people should never divorce
- marriage is a sacrament, what god has joined let no one…
- Utilitarianism
- Remarriage is adultery, Jesus quote
- Jesus gave exception
It is the responsibility of family to look after their elders
- ten commandments - honour parents
- Plato responsibility of all
- Agape
- God tells to murder family
Nuclear family is the best model for society
- Aquinas, ideal place for children
- Plato
- Catechism - domestic church
- Jesus says to hate family
All religious people should have children
- be fruitful, one of moral precepts
- Do not love anything in the world
- Utilitarianism
- David benetar asymmetry argument
Disabled people have the same rights as other in society
- equality act 2010, good bcs imago dei
- BUT kant- those who lack ability to reason
- equality act implies social model of disability
- abelist language, nancy eiesland disability theology
