Final

Question 1

What is Civility

Answer 1

Public politeness

Question 2

What was Aristotle’s statement about civility?

Answer 2

Aristotle said that civility is necessary for people to realize their human potential and flourish

Question 3

Civility is more than external and must be based on what two things?

Answer 3

Familiarity and intimacy

Question 4

Hebrews 12 tells us to…

Answer 4

Pursue peace and holiness

Question 5

Four things civility is not:

Answer 5

Relativism
Liking everyone
Nationalism
An evangelical strategy

Question 6

Three wrong ways to do speech:

Answer 6

Angry speech
Unhelpful speech
A crusading mentality (winning at all costs)

Question 7

Two rules of thumb for dealing with people whom you disagree:

Answer 7

Remember your own sinfulness and their humanity

Question 8

Pluralism means…

Answer 8

Many-isms; diversity

Question 9

Empathy

Answer 9

Projecting yourself into someone else’s feelings-knowing what life is like for them

Question 10

Teachability

Answer 10

A willingness to learn about and from others

Question 11

Curiosity

Answer 11

An interest in gaining a wide view on what it means to be human

Question 12

Is pluralism good or bad?

Answer 12

There can be good pluralism like foods, cultures, and people, but there can also be bad pluralism like diseases, violence, and false religion

Question 13

5 principles on civility and sexuality:

Answer 13

Beware of labels like gay or straight, neither is fair or accurate.
Be sexually self-critical
Avoid over-simplifications
Remember that Christians haven’t treated others well in the past
Watch irrational fears
Practice sexual empathy

Question 14

What is the traditional teaching on hell?

Answer 14

The traditional teaching on hell is that people who reject God and have not put their trust in Christ are separated from God forever and face eternal punishment

Question 15

What is universalism?

Answer 15

Universalism is the belief that all will go to heaven, or at least be given more chances after death

Question 16

Is it civil to believe in or talk about hell? Why or why not?

Answer 16

It is not uncivil to talk about hell, but to not talk about hell and warn people about the seriousness of rebellion

Question 17

The traditional teaching on hell shows us three things:

Answer 17

The seriousness of sin
That the final settling of accounts is in God’s hands
The importance of human freedom

Question 18

What is meant by “all truth is God’s truth”?

Answer 18

“All truth is God’s truth” means that the Bible tells us the truth, but non-christians may also say truthful things, and the bible helps us to test whether those things are true or false

Question 19

A biblical example of someone who was faithful to God in a culture that did not honor God is:

Answer 19

Daniel

Question 20

Abraham Kuyper

Answer 20

Kuyper lived from 1837 to 1920 in the Netherlands. He was a prolific pastor, journalist, and educator. He started a Christian political party and was elected prime minister of Holland in 1901. His favorite quote is “There is not square inch of the creation about which Jesus Christ does not cry out, ‘This is mine’ This belongs to me!’.” which he believed meant that Jesus is Lord over everything and that our faith must apply to all areas of our lives. This could give off a little bit of the attitude of triumphalism

Question 21

Mother Teresa

Answer 21

Mother Teresa died in 1997 after years of working in Calcutta, India. She cared for the poor, disabled, hungry, dying, and homeless through her organization, the Missionaries of Charity. She knew that many of the square inches that Jesus claims are occupied by the abused, abandoned, and poor. Mother Teresa exemplified Jesus to others by joining their suffering

Question 22

Five principles as we serve a slow God:

Answer 22

Flexibility- Be willing to change
Tentativeness- Consider all of the options
Humility- Restrain yourself from being judgemental
Awe- Be open to God’s surprises
Modesty- Don’t expect radical changes too quickly

Question 23

Goals:

Answer 23

What? Where am I going?

Question 24

Motives:

Answer 24

Why? Why do I want the goal?

Question 25

Means:

Answer 25

How? How do I reach my goal?

Question 26

What does God want our motives, means, and goals to be?

Answer 26

He wants the controlling goal of our lives to be the glory of God

Question 27

What was of primary importance during the pre-philosophical era?

Answer 27

Pre-philosophical morality is more about developing character traits than resolving moral dilemmas, more about cultivating virtue than making right moral decisions in difficult cases

Question 28

What culture led the way in the transition from the pre-philosophical era to the philosophical era?

Answer 28

Greek culture

Question 29

Who was Socrates and why was he important?

Answer 29

"The unexamined life is not worth living” Father of philosophy Mentor to Plato Sentenced to death for corrupting young Athenians

Question 30

Who was Plato and why was he important?

Answer 30

“Know thyself” Founded The Academy and wrote The Republic Focused on questions of the soul

Question 31

Aristotle

Answer 31

“All men by nature desire to know” Wrote Nicomachean Ethics Took over The Academy and mentored Alexander the Great Viewed man as a functional whole

Question 32

Epicurus

Answer 32

“A happy and eternal being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being” Thought of pleasure as the absence of pain Withdraw from the world in order to survive it

Question 33

Zeno

Answer 33

“Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible" Even more ascetic than Epicurus Believed that happiness would come from relying on no one

Question 34

St. Augustine

Answer 34

“You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until we find our rest in You” Wrote Confessions and City of God Dominant contributor to ethical theory during transition from ancient world to Middle Ages Developed

Question 35

Thomas Aquinas

Answer 35

“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man; to know what he ought to believe, to know what he ought to desire, and to know what he ought to do” Wrote Summa Theologica Believed grace was only one of the means for attaining virtue

Question 36

Thomas Hobbes

Answer 36

“Do not that to another, which thou wouldst not have done to thyself” Wrote Leviathan Believed people would ceaselessly search for power

Question 37

David Hume

Answer 37

“But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster” Believed that the moral sense an individual possesses make an action right or wrong Relativistic

Question 38

Friedrich Nietzsche

Answer 38

“You have your way; I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist” Superman Humans must revolt against and transcend the customary values and narrow-mindedness of society How do I live life to the fullest and get everything out of it in a godless, meaningless world?