Test #4 Flashcards
Islam
Stewardship
Christianity
Stewardship
Post-Mod
Interventionism
Marxism
communism
Secular Humanism
Socialism
Cosmic Humanism
Universal enlightened production
364 why doesn’t Islam like capitalism and socialism?
Capitalism:
people are going to get caught in seeking pleasure, for themselves, too much freedom. Need to follow Allah
Socialism:
Too free. Some right to own property abuse of finances. no allah
How does Islam running economics? 367
the wealthy run it, but they will say it is allah
370 Interventionism
Political activity undertaken by a state to influence aspects of the economy usually in order to uphold certain moral values. wants a government to intervene usually to take tax money
p 376 What are the 2 flaws of capitalism?
Surplus labor- paying the worker less and charging more for the product.
Chaotic nature- free market no one going in the same direction
Differences between capitalism and socialism? 377
c: when the government is all gone
s: has a government
p 382 how do you achieve higher income?
think positive thoughts
388 how do post mods approach economics?
experimentation
p 248 how do we gage the issue of the love of money
(6) Abuse of the poor greed dishonest gain love of pleasure idolatry covetousness deserve better than the poor ..... other 1?
What is the key to understanding the gospel
Stewardship
What is attractive about materialism
pleasure
p 253 How can a church guard itself
looks at its budget and make sure that it is not self-serving
Radical environmentalism
biocentric: nature as a central concern
conventional environmentalism
anthropocentric: man as central concern
Christian environmentalism
theocentric: god as the central concern
3 principles of a Christian environmental ethic
- God created and values his creation
- God has order and purpose for his creation
- Everything is corrupted by sin, and needs to be redeemed by Jesus
3 bad things about nature and how non Christians view it.
- Nature is =
- All nature is bad.
- Nature is to be worshiped.
principle of sustained order and purpose
God ----------- people nature the created world
What is bad about the min wage laws?
- Forces wage raise all the way up to the corporate ladder
- forces an increase in the price of the company’s product
- the consumers may no longer want to buy the product.
- the company may be forced out of business.
- lead to greater unemployment
What does a job teach?
punctuality teamwork appearance deference accuracy dependability
payment for illegitimacy
- incentive for mothers not to get married and to have children with different men
- incentive for fathers to have sex outside of marriage, government will pick up the tab
how to improve welfare programs
- transfer welfare programs to contributors and away from the bureaucrats
- redefine poverty
- re-educate politicians and poor
- provide tax credits for companies that hire and train welfare beneficiaries
- welfare reform proposals should be local, timely, and situation specific
- churches should provide food, shelter, and clothing
