Ethics, Law, and Religion Flashcards
The Babylonian king Hammurabi produced the Code of Hammurabi,
the earliest known example of written law, around 1700 BC… offenses: theft, women’s rights, injury, and murder.
Early Judaism produced an oral Torah that began to make standards of ethics clear to the people who followed the teachings.
These early standards laid much of the groundwork for the moral and ethical traditions of Western civilization
Family:
Monogamous relationships, a reverence for parents, and the nuclear family as a stabilizing force in society.
Altruism
The importance of honesty and truthfulness is stressed. The concept of revenge is called unethical. The Golden Rule is formulated.
Economic Ethics
The Talmud denounces gains obtained by betting or gambling as well as breaching promises within commerce.
Spartan Greeks employed a lawmaking body known as the senate to prevent absolute power from falling into the hands of one man.
Both ancient Greece and Rome cultivated the idea of national citizenship as a privilege.
Julius Caesar The military and political leader who presided over the Roman world’s transformation from republic to empire
His days of rule and conquest ended in 44 BC when he was assassinated by a group of conspirators including Marcus Brutus.
Caesar Augustus Also known as Octavian, he was Rome’s first emperor.
His autocratic rule ended the Roman civil wars. He was the nephew and adopted heir of Julius Caesar. His iron-fisted rule lasted until his death in AD 14.
Cleopatra The last Greek ruler of Egypt, she committed suicide in 30 BC.
forced from her throne by her brother in 40 BC She raised a mercenary army to oust her brother
joining her forces to those of Julius Caesar
romantically linked to Caesar (their son was Ptolemy XV
Alexander the Great Macedonian king who conquered the Persian Empire and vast stretches of other lands in the third century BC.
One of the most powerful military leaders of the ancient world and a ruler of an unprecedented number of lands and peoples, Alexander died of disease in 323 BC.
The Code of Hammurabi (1700 BC)
is the earliest known example of written law.
Early Judaism promoted ideas that still influence our modern-day sense of justice, morality, and ethics.
Early Judaism promoted ideas that still influence our modern-day sense of justice, morality, and ethics.
The ancient Greek and Roman civilizations
passed down the basic concepts of democracy and national citizenship. These cultures also left a lasting legacy in the arts and sciences.
After winning the Roman civil war, Julius Caesar made himself dictator for life and set the stage for the Roman Empire.
After winning the Roman civil war, Julius Caesar made himself dictator for life and set the stage for the Roman Empire.
Octavian, Julius Caesar’s heir, was the first Roman emperor and expanded the empire significantly. He was known as Augustus Caesar.
Octavian, Julius Caesar’s heir, was the first Roman emperor and expanded the empire significantly. He was known as Augustus Caesar.
