Things i forgot Flashcards
1 corinthians 7
“it is better to marry than to burn in passion”
two non-religious attitudes to co-habitation
-utalitarianism - okay
-humanism - okay
two religious attitudes to co-habitation
-RCC - wrong as destroys sanctity of marriage
-protestants- okay if leads to marriage
Give one example of Christian aid’s work
working for sustainable peace in Sierra Leone
Romans 13 (sin and crime)
“whoever rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted”
Aquinas on sin and crime
the same as through NML human law is derived from natural law
liberalism (J.S Mill) on sin and crime
sin is moral and crime is political so are distinct - crime is more important as usually overlaps with harm principle
Christian view of gay sex
“an abomination” (leviticus)
Timothy (women)
“a woman shall not have authority over an man”
divorce
to legally dissolve a marriage
two views for family life
RCC - can learn moral values and teach christian values
Richard Swinburne’s principle of testimony
we should trust people’s experiences unless we have a good reason to doubt their reliability
therefore we should trust NDEs
disability
leviticus 21
“no-one with a disability may offer the food of their God”
family
exodus 20
“honour your father and mother”
family
1Timothy
“it is your Christian duty to obey your parents”
a non religious attitude against family
Richard Seneca argued children have no responsibilty for their parents because the cause of our existence is of little importance to our ongoing lives
evidence against family life
“if anyone comes to me and does not hate father, mother, wife and children….they cannot be my disciple” - Luke
three types of family
- reconsituted
- nuclear
- single parent
Augustine on the death penalty
permissable if it is neccessary for society to protect itself
reparation
to ensure that a person puts right in some way what they have done wrong
e.g. community service
vindication
to ensure that the law is respected by making people fear breaking it
reformation
to change the character of a person away from criminality
key idea in new testament
protection
keeping the public from being harmed or threatened by criminals
deterrance
to discourage people from comitting a crime
e.g. fines
retribution
punishing in a way that is equal to the crime
i.e. the principle of lex talionis
two religious reasons to limit human rights
- evangelism - freedom of religion
- aquinas - NML worship God - freedom of religion
two non-religious attitudes to limit human rights
- J.S. Mill - harm principle (only physical harm)
- utalitarianism
two views for women’s ordination
- “there are certain aspects of priesthood that are done better by a woman than a man” - Mother Ann Easter
- Galatians 3:28
view against disability
jesus tells ‘invalid’ he just healed to “stop sinning or worse will happen” to him
evidence for religious inclusivism
“many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven” - Matthew 8
Richard Rorty’s argument for inclusivism
all claims are relative to a particular way of seeing the world and none can be proven more true than another
Richard Nozick on purpose
in order for something to have meaning it must obtain its meaning from something else with meaning
if we trace this back then we lead ourselves to God
Argument against questioning meaning
Karl Marx - “philosophers have sought to understand the world; the point however is to change it”
argumeny for questioning meaning
Socrates “the unexamined life is not worth living”
