Rights And Responsibilities Flashcards
Guidance from moral authorities
- good deeds - volunteer and charity
* spiritual developments - building relationships with God
4 moral authorities
1• Law and teachings of the Bible
2• Teachings and Guidance of Church
3• Conscience
4• Principles of Situation Ethics
How Church guides?
1• talking to other Christians
2• Listening to the Priest/ Vicar.
3• Praying and worshipping together.
4• Accepting authority of Church
Why use Bible only?
- word of God
- authority from God
- kept Christians on right path
- Jesus’s teachings
Why not only Bible?
- Bible has to be adapted for modern life.
- Should not follow exactly.
- different source=better advice
- decisions aren’t straight forward
Only Church?
- Body of Christ.
- Gods speaks through Church.
- Rules and guidance.
- Only Church fully understands Bible.
Not only Church?
- Church is not adapted to modern life.
- not followed exactly.
- different sources=better advice
- decisions are not straightforward
Only Conscience?
- rely on own ideas
- person should know right and wrong.
- conscience is GOD’S VOICE
- makes us feel guilty
Not only conscience?
- better sources- Bible
- can be wrong
- Christians- consult Bible and church for best advice
- what is right?
Only situation ethics?
- every situation judged individually.
- love is MAIN PRINCIPLE
- love is EASY to apply
- most loving thing to do.
Not only Situation Ethics?
- impossible to predict what will happen.
- most loving thing can justify murder.
- not easy to apply SE to everyday situations.
Human Rights
Non- Christian
✅ and ❌
Life Food Racial and Sexual equality.
✅•equality and 10 commandments
❌•some don’t deserve (criminal)
• some have different needs.
Human Rights
In practice
✅ positive in reducing prostitution and immigration.
❌ - controversy when overruled.
Why are Human Rights important to Christians?
- must have legal right to believe in Christianity, worship and share.
- right to not be discriminated against.
Why Christians believe in Human Rights?
- man in God’s image
- Sanctity of Life
- Parable of Sheep and Goats (moral duty to treat everyone fairly)
- Love thy Neighbour.
What Christians do for Human Rights?
- tell govt. they should put human rights first.
- spend money on good society.
- act in morally correct way
- share resources fairly
Famous Christian Human Rights activists
Desmond Tutu
William Wilberforce
Lord Shaftsbury
Why important to vote?
- all citizens can have a say.
- decisions affect everyone
- issues like- taxes and education
- change only through democracy
How else to be part?
- write to MPs
- lobby- influence government.
- become members of political party.
- stand for election
Teaching on Moral duties and responsibilities.
GOLDEN RULE SHEEP AND GOAT •God separate those who helped and haven't ST PAUL •don't stand by and do nothing 10 COMM. •stress importance of duty
Golden Rule still relevant?
✅
✅
•treating others the way you’d like to be treated makes sense and is valid.
•most would want to be treated this way.
•similar to HR
Golden Rule still Relevant?
❌
❌
•not appropriate in some situations.
•some have to be treated better or worse.
Genetic Engineering
✅
✅ •Helps us understand humans better. •genetic disorders can be cured •genes for organ transplant. •inherited disorders removed from embryo.
Genetic engineering
❌
❌ •long term effect not known. •dangerous in wrong hands •no guidance in what is defective. •leads to designer babies.
Christians and Genetic Engineering
✅
✅ •God gave dominion - no harm = OK •Golden Rule •Jesus healed (follow him) •God gave us technology
Christians and Genetic Engineering
❌
- Only God creates - don’t “play God”
- Sanctity of Life - sacred
- Conception = life
- Test
- Plan
