Ethical Dilemma About God And Humanity From The Christain Worldview

In the book “The Memory Keeper's Daughter” by Kim Edwards a doctor and his wife have twins and the first child is a healthy boy but then the second child that comes out is a little girl with the signs of down syndrome and he asks his Nurse to take the baby away to an institution while he tells his wife the baby girl died. Through out the entire book it is a struggle for Dr. Henry's wife Norah to have closure with the fact that her baby girl is said to be dead and she never saw her, held her, or cared for her. Kim Edwards shows through the whole book that we are only human, the themes that life is beyond our control and through the connection between suffering and joy.

“Objective Ethics refers to a view that a person's action can always be seen as right or wrong, regardless of the situation or the consequences. It focuses on rules for governing what is considered to be morally right, wrong, or obligatory. The person's subjective evaluation of the situation is not of much importance” (definitions.uslegal.com). Whether what God or gods say is right or wrong challenges the idea of an objective ethic because the Euthyphro Problem goes against it.

1. The biblical basis of Jubilee 2000’s call for the immediate canceling of all debts of HIPC’s is found in Leviticus. This bible book states that “you shall not oppress one another.” Also in the book of Leviticus in the case of someone who becomes poor and in turn to sells his possessions then his relative may redeem the possessions he sold. Or if the man has no one to redeem it but he himself becomes able to redeem it then let him count the years since the sale, and restore the remainder to the man whom he sold it, that he may return to his possessions. But if he’s not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the land of him who bought it until the year of Jubilee and in the

After trying for many years, Susan finally gets pregnant. Unfortunately, a blood test confirms that her baby has Down syndrome, and her doctors suggest she abort the fetus. Susan has a successful career and wants to maintain a healthy balance between her career and family. Yet she feels very uncomfortable with abortion. She seeks some advice from Richard, an influential professor of evolutionary biology who has spent his career seeking to further human potential and minimize human suffering. When Susan asks Richard if she should abort the fetus or give birth to a baby with Down syndrome, Richard replied that human beings should increase happiness and decrease suffering in this world, and that therefore he would suggest that she abort, though he also stated that she must make this choice for herself. Richard emphasized the lifelong suffering of both the child with Down syndrome and Susan as the child’s caretaker and stated that it may be immoral to bring a baby into the world if she knew the kind of suffering the child would experience. In fact, Richard suggested that perhaps the most ethical course of action would be to prevent this baby from living a life full of suffering. (This scenario is based on the following article by Richard Dawkins (2014): https://richarddawkins.net/2014/08/abortion-down-syndrome-an-apology-for-letting-slip-the-dogs-of-twitterwar/). How should Susan respond? What decision should she make if her baby would suffer with Down syndrome, yet

July 28, 2016 an amazing miracle was welcomed in this world. Isisah Thomas McClain, 6 pounds and 14 ounces. About 7 months ago my lovely sister Ashely has been to doctor after doctor after doctor trying to get help. Every one of them had told her to abort him; they told her that aborting him would be the best choice, because he has Trisomy 13, which the life span is minutes after birth up to two years. His organs would be in the wrong places and his brain wouldn’t have any protection, he did not have a left eye, and so on. Ashley accepted Jesus Christ and prayed hard for Isisah, we all did. This was a difficult decision for her to make, but she put her faith in the Lord and decided to keep Isisah. When isisah was born he was born he served

Then from Jesus Christ life, we are able to understand the “whole of reality.” This is accomplished through the Gospel when we see how a “holy and just God can justify and accept the sinner. Only God’s wisdom is great enough to devise a plan that will achieve this.” Moreover, this message is laid throughout the entire bible. It starts in Genesis where God sets the Kingdom pattern as Graeme likes to call it. This is where God created everything and a natural by-product is that he knows everything as a result. This is the original generation were the relationship that God intended with his creation is revealed through Adam and Eve. Nevertheless, man in their selfishness broke that relationship. Humanity and the rest of creation no longer relate in the perfect way that God intended. However, God in his mercy set up a promise that through the women is offering that there would one day be a savior.

For the couples who cannot afford the use of IVF-treatments, problems with sick and disabled children could be a reality. If a child was born with a severe heart defect or in some, other way had to live with an illness, which could lower their life quality. Some parents have been known to force another baby into the world, primarily as a ‘savior sibling’, a child from where the sick sister or brother would be able to receive matching genes to either cure or treat the illness in question. This was seen in the movie ‘My sister’s keeper’ where a family with this exact problem is shown, and the dilemmas they have to

In the first video about Down syndrome we learned about a young couple who when they had their first child, Kristen discovered that she was born with the malformation known as Down syndrome. They were very concerned for her health and struggled through the medical needs she had as an infant in relation to the Down syndrome which caused her to have 6 surgeries as a very young age. The same couple had another child who was not born with the malformation and were expecting their third child as well. Nicole, who is Kristen’s little sister actually seemed to stimulate development in Kristen, such as when Nicole started to crawl, so did Kristen. Kristen’s mom explained that while having a child with Down syndrome comes with great concerns, challenges

Often people who have disabilities or have family with such an issue look at screening as discrimination because Dr.’s are finding out whether the baby will be healthy or if it will have further issues. The families with such abnormalities continue to believe that it is wrong to conceive a child with disabilities and further abort it rather than continue. Opponents fear the result of aborting with screening procedures and thinks it expresses a side of negativity to people who are disabled. According to The New York Times, a mother of three, Amy Becker states, “I declined the bloodwork, amniocentesis, and declined to return the insurance calls to line me up with a nurse for my pregnancy”. Becker has a child with down syndrome, the oldest. The doctor’s assured Amy that “Penny”, the oldest, would have learning disabilities and development wouldn’t come easy. Penny was smart, and was able to tell small tales and sing songs about fairytale dreams. She was also able to at the age of two point out a man in distress in a book and want to help him. There are many forms of down syndrome and they can often lead to issues with internal organs such as the heart. According to the NIH, “almost one half of babies born with down syndrome have congenital heart disease”. Doctors also concluded that due to the abnormality that children with down syndrome have often lead to other issues such as

In this case theirs a couple the Rackley’s they want to become parents. Both Rufus and Rebecca have good sperm and eggs but unfortunately during her early years of life Rebecca had an accident and their for she is not able to carry a baby to full term in her body. The Rackley’s and their doctor come up with another solution, where they would fertilize Rebecca’s eggs with Rufus’s sperm and them surgically implant the eggs into a surrogate mother of the Rackley’s choice where that mother will carry the baby to full term then give up all rights to the child after the birth. After weighing their options the Rackley’s interviewed several women and found a woman Maxine a healthy woman in her early 30’s who is in a happy marriage and has a 3 year old son of her own in the 11th week of the pregnancy Maxine’s doctor notices two complications . The first complication is that the fetus is showing abnormalities that will alter their health and how long the child will be alive witch they predict will only be about 20 years or less and in the course of said years the child will need constant medical attention and will be in continuous pain. The second problem is that Maxine has developed high blood pressure and hypertension, a condition that if she was to carry the baby to full term will leave her physically impaired. Maxine’s doctor and husband advise her to abort the pregnancy but The Rackley’s the actual parents of the fetus do not believe in abortion and Maxine has signed a contract

“Noo Why my baby,” this mother has just been given the news that her child has been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Her child was one of many who will have trouble reading out loud or to even communicate. Who will grow up with not knowing if today will be a good day or not. Down Syndrome is just one case of genetic disorder. There are so many all over in the world and many doctors still don’t even know what to call them. Some don’t even know they have a disease in them till its too late, or other know all there lives and some learn to live with the disease and others live every day in fear of getting even more sick and hurt.

Sarah, being born and raised in a strong bible based home believes in the living accordingly to the natural law God has set for all those walking the Earth He created. After several years of trying to conceive a child naturally, they unfortunately have not been successful in doing so. With a number of options available it is important to explore the alternate choices for the couple. In Vitro Fertilization or IVF is one assisted reproductive technology that may be put into play. IVF involves combining the female eggs and male sperm outside the body and into a laboratory. Once an embryo or multiple embryos form, they are then placed in the woman’s uterus. With Sarah’s belief she is not in agreement to go through with this reproductive procedure.

Every couple wishes to have a little angel in their family who will enlighten the four walls with her little finger. Every parent may have thousands of dreams with their upcoming infant. But scenes sometimes bring different result. You may be endowed with the little heavenly touch of your infant but some fears comment of your doctor may bring a catastrophic change to this pleasure. You’ve blessed with a Down syndrome baby. Everything of your remote site seems to be gloomy. But don’t be upset. Come forward with the affection of fatherhood or motherhood and say- THOU BE MY HEAVEN, LITTLE ANGEL.

Ethics in Christianity According to Webster, ethics is "the science of moral duty." He further describes it as "the science of ideal human character. " The word in Greek means "dwelling" or "stall," as in a safe place to live (our word "morals" comes from the Latin word for ethics). The implication is that humans depend on right choices for security.

“The herd,being anxious that the individual should act in its interests, has invented various devices for causing the individual’s interest to be in harmony with hat of the herd. One of these… is morality” (Russell, 17), said by Bertrand Russell and highlights the intentions and efforts of morality. Morality arose for the good and the survival of the race, but was it the source of social evolution or that of a all powerful and good God? This was the source of the debate between christianity and atheism, or William Craig and Walter Armstrong.The ultimate question was not if you need faith or God to have ethics and moral order, but does God need to exist in order for moral order and value to be established and practiced. Did ethics arise from a God to retain moral order, or was it a part of social and biological evolution in order to continue to advance and to establish social order. Throughout the text will explore and distinguish the existence of God and morality through the arguments three main points in the following: if God does not exist then objective moral values do not exist, objective moral values do exist, and Therefore God does or does not exist.