Priciple of Sanctity and invoilability of human life Flashcards
Two propositions of life ethics
- life is sacred
- all human lives are of equal value
What is the moral value of sanctity
life is an end; not a means
Who is the origin of life and the ultimate guarantor of the sanctity of life
God
where does man’s life come from
God
What kind of ethical value is human life
Fundamental Ethical value
What kind of ethical value is Moral integrity
Absolute Ethical value
Principle of Human life
- Fundamental ethical value
- basis of all values
- essential in living out of ethical values
- root and foundation of all human existence
Principle of Human life
- Fundamental ethical value
- basis of all values
- essential in living out of ethical values
- root and foundation of all human existence
is human life absolute
HUMAN LIFE IS NOT Absolute
principle of moral integrity
absolute ethical value
What reigns supreme over all value
absolute ethical value - moral integrity
what is martyrdom
when one gives his life away
General rule system em bearing on the sanctity of life
- survival and integ of humans
- family lineage
- bodily life
- personal, mental and emotional individuality
- personal individuality
one of lasallian core values
REVERENCE FOR LIFE
if life is holy it cannot be
violated
what are two principles that support each other
sanctity of life and inviolability
Four aspects of inviolability of human life
- ethical aspect
- explicitation
- normative formulation
- contribution of the spiritual view
what is the fundamental vehicle of values
human life
Positive realization of the object of being human
- life if worth living
- life means to love
- life is love offering
what if human life
the most fundamental ethical value
without moral views, there would be no
human views and no reason for morality or ethics
human life begins at
ends at
begins at conception
ends at death
what is the rank of human life in ethical values
rank first with moral integrity
Principle of generic consistency
used to decide between absolute value or fundamental ethical value
characteristics of normative formulation of ethical
- positive rather negative
- absolute
- existential rather than formalistic
