Ethics Flashcards
Name some quotes mentioned in the Bible condemning same sex marriage/intercourse
Genesis 19 - God destroys the city of Sodom, where licentious sexual acts, including male same-sex acts, were taking place.
Romans 1 - St Paul writes of people giving themselves over to ‘shameful lusts’, the product of a ‘depraved mind’.
In 1 Corinthians 6 - St Paul writes that ‘men who have sex with men’ will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Who said that the Church protected women’s rights, and what did she say about it?
Lisa Sowle Cahill
Historically wealthy, powerful men often had concubines (a lower status woman who lived with them like a wife) as well as wives. Polygamy was common, adultery was a crime that virtually only women were accused of, and divorce was exclusively a male prerogative.
The Church banned adultery, made it impossible for men to have concubines and the ban on divorce stopped women abandoning women.
What is the quote that G.E. Moore used to define good?
“If I am asked “what is good?” my answer is that good is good and that is the end of the matter.”
(Principia Ethica)
H.A. Pritchard’s types of thinking
General thinking - (reasoning) used to assess the facts of a situation
Moral thinking - based on an immediate intuition about the right thing to do.
What did the Catechism of the Catholic Church say about the treatment with euthanasia?
“discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be legitimate.”
Three purposes for marriage in Roman Catholicism
Fides (Faithfulness)
Proles (reproduction)
Sacramentum (the two becoming one flesh)
What do Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum say about sexual ethics?
State and society should only intervene on matters that cause harm to others.
Human beings need:
Bodily integrity, including opportunities for sexual satisfaction.
Having emotional attachments to things and people outside ourselves; to love those who love and care for us. Removal of fear and anxiety.
