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Lecture 1 Notes - What is Ethics? Flashcards

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Definition of Christian Ethics - Professor

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Christian ethics can be defined as the theory and regulation of MORAL BEHAVIOR within the context of the COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS as they seek to reflect the NATURE OF GOD in a FALLEN WORLD.

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Definition of Christian Ethics - Moral Behavior

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Christian Ethics:

  • Requires action and application of belief
  • Must be applied to see viability
  • Theory followed by practice
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Definition of Christian Ethics - Community of Believers

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  • Done in relationships with other people

- Primarily done with believers so it shaped behavior and right/wrong

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Definition of Christian Ethics - Community of Believers - Two Viewpoints

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  • Seen in history and primarily christian history because the questions are not new. Same questions in different situations
  • Current context in community that shapes our ethis, who we are and what we do. Church discipline reshapes people
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Definition of Christian Ethics - Nature of God

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  • Ethics is reflection on and response to who God is
  • Ethics is supposed to reflect who God is in this worlds
  • See christians and be pointed to the Father
  • Christians need to be grounded theologically so they know who God is
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Definition of Christian Ethics - Fallen World

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  • Separates Christian ethics from all other ethical systems
  • All worldly ethics start with the assumption that man is good while X ethics says man is evil
  • Informs how we choose what we do and think
  • Experience says people will do what will bring advantage instead of what is good.
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Technical Definitions: Ethics v Morals

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  • Ethics addresses theory

- Morality addresses practice

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Ethics Root

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  • Ethics comes from the Greek term ἔθος (ethos), which means “a usual or customary manner of behavior.”
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Morality Root

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  • Morality/morals comes from the Latin term mos (adj., moralis), which means “custom, usage.”
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Utilitarianism

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The greatest good for the greatest number of people

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Egoism

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The centrality of the individual. I am the source of ethical decision making

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Behaviorism

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Through the environment we can shape people

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Relativism

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I can do what I want and you can do what you want and everything is fine.

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Can Christian Ethics be Universal? - No

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Christian ethics cannot be universal because not all people are Christians. In fact, not all Christians claim to have a unified view of Christian ethics.

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Can Christian Ethics be Universal? - Yes - 1

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The principles of Christian ethics can be applied even by those who are not Christians.
- Romans 2/ Natural Law

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Can Christian Ethics be Universal? - Yes - 2

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Christian ethics is eschatologically universal.

-At the consummation of the age all will understand the norm for ethics, God’s character.

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Why should we care - 1

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Servants of Jesus are people who have his commandments and keep them

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Why should we care - 2

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One purpose of Scripture is to promote ethical behavior (how do I apply this?)

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Why should we care - 3

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In one sense, everything in the Bible is Ethical

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Why should we care - 4

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The study of ethics is enormously important for our witness to the world

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Worship is comprised of three key elements:

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  • Truth (about who we are and who God is)
  • Grace
  • Response
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Worship requires recognition of 2 fundamental truths.

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  1. God’s attributes - a. Rich in mercy, loves us, made us alive, seated in the heavenly places, gift of salvation.
    - 2. Human sin - All people are sinful which brings death
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Proper Worship:

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Worship is “a humble and awe (fear) filled response of the whole person (intellect, emotion, and will) to God in light of the truth of one’s own depravity seen in light of the reality of God’s majestic perfections. It is a gift of grace for which God created us and a privilege made available to us through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Worship is the primary purpose of human existence and the chief end of man. It is enabled by grace, performed in faith, and motivated by joy

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Improper Worship

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Any response to God that is not in keeping with such truth or grace.

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Proper Worship Has:

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specific content and form that is acceptable.

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Worship is innapropriate when:

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  • it is aimed to the wrong end (worship of the wrong God). (Augustine’s splendid vices)
  • Has the wrong content
  • The form is bad
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Scope of Worship:

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  • Every aspect of life is to be an act of worship
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Particular Aspects of Worship:

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  • Actions
  • Thoughts
  • Words
  • Whole Life
  • Behavior of the church

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