Test #4 Flashcards

(37 cards)

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What does Martin Luther say about works? and the Westminster confession

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There show that if you are a Christian or not… If you love Christ, then you will do good works

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postmodernism

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cultural moral relations

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marxism

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proletariat morality

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Islam

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moral absolutes, and Allah’s will

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5
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cosmic humanism

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karma, and moral relationism

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Christianity

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moral absolutes, and God’s nature

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Secular humanism

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Moral revelation

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where do Christians get their ethics?

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  1. moral absolutes come from the Bible
  2. based on God’s nature/character
  3. 10 commandments
  4. conscience
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where does Islam get their ethics?

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  1. Allah
  2. Karan> 5 Pillars
  3. hadith> 5 Pillars
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Where does secular humanism get their ethics?

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  1. Reason
  2. experience
  3. moral relativism
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where do marxist get their ethics?

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revelation- overthrow the rich

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where do cosmic humanism get their ethics?

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You are God you make the rules

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where does postmodernism get their ethics

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cultural relativism- the clan, tribe, and group says what to do

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what God cares about and what we should too

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  1. cares for the needy
  2. comfort others
  3. forgive others
  4. love others
  5. teach
  6. bear witness
  7. lay down our life for others
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what is happening to the church and government?

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the church is failing and the government is taking over its problems

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What is getting God made?

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people see issues but they are not doing anything about it Ezekiel 16:49-50

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Micah 2:1-2

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the judgement of sin was because of tolerant sin

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what is moral relativism?

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there are no moral rules it is all subjective and go with the belief of the individual there are no absolutes

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what are some motivations for moral relativism?

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Sometimes they want to get along with other people
the problems
1. they can’t get along with moral objectives They have to say that the objectivists are wrong
2. this assumes that it is a morally objective norm that we ought to get along with other people But if relativism is true there’s no moral objective norms
3. This note is proposes objective moral norms such as tolerance but there are no moral norms if relativism is true
4. relativism Rob’s meeting from such concepts as justice fairness and moral discourse even the word tolerance becomes meaningless

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What does it mean for something to be subjective

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What an individual decides there are no rules

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What does it mean to be objective

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It is true apart from your own mind it’s not just based on what you believe it is noble and publicly proved

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A preference claim

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What’s somebody likes and dislikes what they prefer I like ice cream

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Moral claim

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A clean the Ohta be example it is wrong to torture people a person may prefer something that is morally wrong

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Society does relativism a.k.a. cultural relativism

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Different cultures have different moral values nobody has the right to say that one morality is better than the other just because people disagreed is not enough one is correct examples we used to think that earth was flat and we used to practice slavery

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Society says relativism a.k.a. conventionalism
We are to do it society says we should do each culture is it's own source of morality three sponsor this is there could be nothing like in a moral society morality is reduced to law and power oral reforms are immoral because they defy the law
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I say relativism a.k.a. individual ethical relativism
The individual is the deciding factor for response to this is if more relativism were true then there would be no immoral individuals who will be no heroes there's no such thing as evil there's no such thing as wrongdoing there is no such thing as just missed or fairness there's no more obligation of tolerance there's no sensibility tomorrow the scores there's no way to morally improve
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Who are you to judge
You're judging me by saying that statement
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Week multiculturalism
Reading and learning about diverse cultures around the world and looking at the accomplishments of those cultures and finding something that is good and true and beautiful in those cultures
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Strong multiculturalism
The belief that all cultures are equal no single culture has accomplished more than any other
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Speech codes
Rules of speech on college campuses that for bid students from making mean remarks about other students religion ethnicity or gender
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With the biotech age promises
Creation of life in a lab programming of human genes identifying disease jeans and generically derive cures for cancer age etc. repair for damage spinal cord and brain cells cloning of mammals including humans control of aging in obesity animals growing replacement organs for humans trees that can grow in a few years of decades bionics wearable computers stronger material fibers Bio electronic nose ears tongues Biosynthetic skin blood and bones muscles Predetermination of sex and genetic makeup of children
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What is biotechnology
Industrial use of living organisms or the application of technique to living organisms
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Embryonic stem cells
Kills the embryo run extracted and has no scientific achievement
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Non-embryonic stem cells
Does not kill a human being has produced much scientific advancement
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Bioethics
Right conduct in the area of bio technology is at least 30 years behind biotechnology
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some problems with bioethics
we don't know what human is - Psalm 135:15-188 we become what we worship we have become stuff people are only seen as machines put a price tag on priceless things it gets cheepens
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what can and can't evolution do?
It can only describe why we behaved in certain ways in the past it can't tell us why we have to be good in the future. It can't prescribe our behavior it can only describe it