Christian ethics

Compare and Contrast Utilitarianism with Christian Ethics The ethical teachings and values of utilitarianism and Christian ethics are similar in some aspects, yet however are diverse in others. Utilitarianism is a generally teleological ethical system, where the outcome is said to justify the act. The act is considered ‘good’ if it brings about the greatest good for the greatest number. Christian Ethics, however, can be quite different. Many aspects of its ethics are deontological, for example, the

use it as a clear typology of varieties of Christian faith more than as a constructive argument for a particular approach to Christian ethics. Yoder, Yeager, and Stassen offer three critical readings of Niebuhr’s understanding of the relation of faith to social justice, and offer their own perspectives on the common topic. I. Types of Christian Ethics by H.Richard Niebuhr 1. Various Ways of Typing Christian Ethics V No absolute types of Christian morality can be discerned, but there are various

Any decision and action a person makes are based on moral principles that govern their behaviour, known as ethics. Many different fundamentals of ethics rationalize and justify peoples decisions. One specific theory is called utilitarianism. This research paper will summarize this theory and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses relating utilitarianism to Christian Ethics and the Bible. Also, an application of utilitarianism to the moral issue or killing another human being will be discussed. Utilitarianism

“Chapter 2: Scripture and Christian Ethics” Throughout chapter two, Scripture and Christian ethics directs one with questions on moral conduct also character, that’s seeking the good life (Verhey 17). Equally, one will find Scripture is completely trustworthy considering God was in control of its writing. Therefore, its words are entirely authoritative. Notably, Scripture is our standard for testing everything that claims to be true. That is to say, in case one forget their source for

Christians are called to the higher purpose of fulfilling a spiritual life in accordance to God’s will (II Timothy 1:9 New Living Translation, NLT). At the same time Christians are a part of society and therefore participate in the wealth of the economy. Although some have challenged business is morally neutral, business can be a wonderful way to bring glory to God (Grudem, 2003). This is possible when Christians apply their Christian worldview and abide by a code of conduct constructed from this

point of view (Wikipedia 2014). Worldview includes, ontology, what we believe to be reality and epistemology, how we come to know reality. Hill’s identifies his worldview as theism. This is evidenced by the title of his book “Just Business-Christian Ethics for the Marketplace”. In this book he defines good as a balance of holiness, justice and love. If each of these is areas is met the decision is moral. Badaracco, in comparison, points out in his title “Leading Quietly-An Unorthodox Guide to

Business-Christian Ethics for the Marketplace”. In this book he defines good as a balance of holiness, justice and love. If each of these is areas is met the decision is moral. Badaracco, in comparison, points out in his title “Leading Quietly-An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing”, his view is not conforming to rules, traditions, or modes of conduct,

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE CODES OF ETHICS FOR CHRISTIAN AND SECULAR COUNSELLING? COURSE: BSc Hons In Counselling Studies YEAR OF SUBMISSION: 2015 BY: Xyvah M. Okoye WORD COUNT:   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My dissertation journey has been a long and eventful one, full of medical, emotional and financial hurdles and setbacks which made me begin to believe that I would never make it to the end. These knocked me completely off my feet at a crucial point in my journey, and having to fight through so many

The Christian-based ethic system, graded absolutism, believes “there are many moral absolutes and they sometimes conflict. However, some laws are higher than others, so when there is an unavoidable conflict it is our duty to follow the higher moral law.” ("Graded Absolutism – Christian Conflict Theory", 2006) The system’s level of hierarchy is with God at the top, next is human life and at the bottom is everything else. Whereas, the non-Christian based ethic system, generalism, a believer sometimes

CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN A POSTMODERN WORLD The Rise of Postmodernity Since Federico de Onis’s use of the term ‘postmodernismo’ to describe the Spanish and Latin-American poetry of 1905-1914 which had reacted against the ‘excess’ of modernism in 1934, (Rose 1991: 171) “Postmodernism” became very popular. It has been used in the fields of art (Christo-Bakargiev 1987), architecture (Pevsner 1967), literature (Hassan 1971), video, economics, films (James 1991), ideology (Larrain 1994: 90-118), theology