Test #4 Flashcards
(37 cards)
What does Martin Luther say about works? and the Westminster confession
There show that if you are a Christian or not… If you love Christ, then you will do good works
postmodernism
cultural moral relations
marxism
proletariat morality
Islam
moral absolutes, and Allah’s will
cosmic humanism
karma, and moral relationism
Christianity
moral absolutes, and God’s nature
Secular humanism
Moral revelation
where do Christians get their ethics?
- moral absolutes come from the Bible
- based on God’s nature/character
- 10 commandments
- conscience
where does Islam get their ethics?
- Allah
- Karan> 5 Pillars
- hadith> 5 Pillars
Where does secular humanism get their ethics?
- Reason
- experience
- moral relativism
where do marxist get their ethics?
revelation- overthrow the rich
where do cosmic humanism get their ethics?
You are God you make the rules
where does postmodernism get their ethics
cultural relativism- the clan, tribe, and group says what to do
what God cares about and what we should too
- cares for the needy
- comfort others
- forgive others
- love others
- teach
- bear witness
- lay down our life for others
what is happening to the church and government?
the church is failing and the government is taking over its problems
What is getting God made?
people see issues but they are not doing anything about it Ezekiel 16:49-50
Micah 2:1-2
the judgement of sin was because of tolerant sin
what is moral relativism?
there are no moral rules it is all subjective and go with the belief of the individual there are no absolutes
what are some motivations for moral relativism?
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
What does it mean for something to be subjective
What an individual decides there are no rules
What does it mean to be objective
It is true apart from your own mind it’s not just based on what you believe it is noble and publicly proved
A preference claim
What’s somebody likes and dislikes what they prefer I like ice cream
Moral claim
A clean the Ohta be example it is wrong to torture people a person may prefer something that is morally wrong
Society does relativism a.k.a. cultural relativism
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