RS unit 3 definitions

Question 1

moral

Answer 1

no simple meaning:
(1) a being with a conscience (not amoral) and so able to choose between right/good and wrong/bad action
(2) of a decision, a choice between right/good and wrong/bad actions (not a non-moral issue)
(3) of an action or being - one that is good or right in their behaviour

Question 2

immoral

Answer 2

bad or wrong behaviour/action

Question 3

ammoral

Answer 3

a being without a conscience i.e. no inner sense of right or wrong e.g. animal, baby

Question 4

Non-moral decision

Answer 4

a choice which does NOT involve conscience, does NOT involve thoughts about good/right or bad/wrong (BUT these can still be big or tricky decisions e.g. what to study at university and where)

Question 5

Absolute morality

Answer 5

an action is either ALWAYS right or ALWAYS wrong REGARDLESS of the circumstances or outcome of acting e.g. Ten Commandments - Do not kill, honour parents, etc. or the Buddhist Moral Precepts - Abstain from intoxicants

Question 6

Relative morality

Answer 6

an action is NOT always right or always wrong; whether an action is right or wrong DEPENDS on the circumstances or outcome i.e. it can be wrong most of the time but right in some rare circumstance

Question 7

Absolute value of life

Answer 7

Absolutist view - life has a value ALWAYS and REGARDLESS of its conditions BUT NOT BECAUSE it is a gift from Gd - people who believe in the Absolute value of life do NOT believe in a Gd.
Eg Jains who take a biocentric (all living things) approach and consider ALL lives of ALL species to be of value ALWAYS.