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Sexual Ethics Flashcards

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what is non marital sex

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occurs between unmarried parties

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what does Leviticus bible verse say of homosexuality

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“if a man lies with a man as he does with a woman, both have committed an abomination”

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what is extra marital sex

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sex outside of marriage under all circumstances

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what does Leviticus say of adultery

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those found committing adultery are subjected to death

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why does this contradict one of Jesus’ actions

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Jesus said “let anyone of you who is without sin throw the first stone” when speaking of a woman accused of adultery.

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what was Lisa Cahill’s view of the reason of divorce ban

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that it was to limits men power and look after women and children from abandonment

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what are liberal christians views of adultery

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that depending on the circumstances, and with the intention to fulfil marriage promises, they should be allowed to remarry.

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what does Jesu teach of divorce

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anyone who marries a divorced woman is committing adultery

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has underage sex increased in the past 25 years and why does this go against the view that secular society is over sexualised

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no it has been constant, showing that there is not a spike in sex and argues opposite to what christians think

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why do Liberal Christians reject conservative views of sexual ethics

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the bible reflects the cultural and historical context of its human authors and requires continual re interpretation

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why is the liberal view of interpretation of the bible a problem

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every person will have a different interpretation, this cannot provide the kind of stable theology that a religion needs.

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why did Augustine believe we are shamed of our bodies and sex

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disobeying God, Adam and Eve became aware of their nakedness and covered up out of shame. since then we feel shame over having lust because its not in our control

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what is the liberal secular attitude to sex

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a nature biological desire should not be a source of shame. therefore conservative religious attitudes are repressive

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why was Christians repression of sexual desire better on ancient times

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humans were more animalistic, less socialised. strict laws were then needed.

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why is secular society over sexualised

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hook up culture is highly influential, pressuring people to have sex and demeaning the status of a relationship

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what does Stephen fry say of christians repressive sexual nature

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that it leads to the paedophile priest scandals. unhealthy repressive sexual teachings causes priests to become perverse

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what does fry say go secular attitudes compared to Christians towards sexual ethics

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that secular attitude may not be perfect but are still healthier than religious attitudes

18
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what is situation this view on homosexuality or pre marital sex

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if it involves consent and those involved are happy, those acts are morally good

19
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what was Fletchers example of a loving outcome of adultery

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Mrs Bergmeiser

20
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what is defence used for fletcher when people argue that love is too subjective

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the idea that agape is not. agape is much more specific, and is selfless. therefore, disowning ones child for homosexuality is not agape

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why can it be said that situation ethics is not true christian ethics

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it ignores the commands of the bible, the bible clearly is against homosexuality and extra/pre marital sex

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what is the defence to fletcher when accounting the bible

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fetcher doesn’t think the bible is the perfect word of God. fletcher thinks Agape is an important theme in the bible

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why is giving people the power to judge good and bad a problem

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people do selfish cruel thinks. our love is corrupted

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natural laws view on homosexuality

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Aquinas regarded homosexuality as unnatural.

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what is Bishop Barron’s argument towards homosexuality

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hue argued the if the first message gay people hear is that they are disordered, the church has a serious problem

26
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how many teenagers who commit scuicede are gay?

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6%

27
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what was Augustine saying of ‘love the sinner hate the sin’

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many Christians claim they are only agsint the homosexual act, not the person

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what is natural laws view on pre/extra marital sex

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Aquinas thinks that to follow the primary precepts required confining sexual behaviour to marriage

29
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what is a strength of natural law on sexual ethics

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everyone has the ability to follow the primary precepts

29
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why is Natural law outdated

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in ancient times, society was more chaotic, it made more sense to have an absolutist ethical theory

29
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what is an issue with natural laws absolutist theory

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socio-economic conditions have changed, today we have contraception and more resources for single parents. so the primary precepts are no longer useful

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what was fletchers critique of natural law

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our minds are unable to know natural law, this is seen b cross cultural moral agreements.

30
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what is a defence for Aquinas with the issue of cross cultural disagreements

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there are many cross cultural similarities such as idea and confining sex to marriage

31
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what is one argument for homosexuality

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it has not harmed society, there is also no evidence that children raised by homosexual parents are worse off.

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what does Kant think of homosexuality

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that it doesn’t seem universalisable, if everyone was homosexual then humans would go extinct

33
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what could counter Kants idea go homosexuality not be universalisable

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the main ‘follow your own sexualorientation’

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what is Kants view of pre/extra Marital sex?

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he thinks sex outside of marriage involves a person using the other as a means to their own gratification

35
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what did Kant believe of marriage

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that it is an agreement involving the granting of “lifelong possession of each others sexual attributes”

36
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why is Kants view of sex outside of marriage being a using of a person wrong

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Kant thinks sex outside of marriage is always objectification, he does not seem to appreciate love.

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why can Kants theory be seen to be hypocritical

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he says that Kantian ethics is emotionless, although when applied to sexual ethics he is a product of christian culture with unreasonable thinking

38
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who thought our decisions were a save of passion rathe than reason

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Hume

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