Religion And Social Responsabilitys

Question 1

What is utilitarianism?

Answer 1

Says you should choose the action that premiers the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.

•Non-religious evidence

Question 2

Why does the Church have authority?

Answer 2

• It is the body of Christ.
• God didn’t stop speaking to the people after that last bible. Instead it talks through the Church.
• The Church is the community of Christians so must be guided by God.

Question 3

Why is the Church unreliable?

Answer 3

• The law is that only men can be Priest; this is discrimination in the modern world.
• Church doesn’t agree with contraception, although it is popular in modern world.
• The Church had always been changing its mind.

Question 4

What is the Conscience?

Answer 4

An inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action. Some say it’s the voice of God.

Question 5

Why do some Christians follow the conscience?

Answer 5

• Gods voice- God speaks to Christians.

* St Paul and Thomas Aquinas state they should use the conscience as the last part of moral decision-making.