Although, if God had not commanded that adultery is wrong, or if he commanded us to commit adultery, then it would be the morally correct thing to do. Therefore, X is morally right if and only if God says so and just because God says so” (Furman). Now that we understand what the Divine Command Theory is, let us examine the arguments that are given to prove it false. The first argument against the Divine Command Theory is the “Right Becomes Wrong Argument.” The argument is as follows: If the Divine Command Theory is true, then if God said rape is morally permissible, then rape would be morally permissible. But, rape is objectively wrong.
are strongly in-line with Natural Law. Many Christians adopt deontological positions and think we should act according to God's design or purpose for our lives. They may be less influenced by Aquinas in this, and Protestants tend to be less sure about moral absolutes. However, there is still a strong sense of following rules within most Christian denominations. Aquinas said: “Consequently, law must needs concern itself mainly with the order that is in beatitude.” From this we can see that the Bible played a big part in the development of Natural Law; this proves that Christians make moral decisions through a multiple of different ways.
Ethics Essay Ethics Essay 3a) i) examine the arguments for and against the view that morality is independent of religion? ii) To what extent are these arguments convincing I am going to examine the arguments for and against the view that morality is independent on religion, by examining the argument from both sides, then looking at their strengths and weaknesses and then I will conclude with my line of argument. The first argument I am going to examine is for the statement, which is Plato’s Euthyphro. Plato stated that “is something good because God says its good or does God say it is good because it is good”. This means that do we do good things because God says is good or do we do good things so than God says that it is good.
Part III: Presuppositions * The author assumes that the readers have a preconceived idea of how to properly define justice. * The author assumes that the readers will agree with him about the book’s validity on the topic of justice and the authenticity and accuracy of scripture. * The author assumes that his readers are not in need of generous justice themselves. * The author assumes that the readers have a basic understanding of the gospel of Christ. Part IV: Book Summary The idea of justice in the world today is often misconstrued; the most commonly accepted definition of justice is giving someone what the rightly deserve.
This explains why Fletcher strongly disagrees with Intrinsic Fallacy which asserts that ‘good’ or ‘bad’ properties are in the actions e.g. stealing is always bad because it’s causing harm to oneself and is disallowed in ten commandments (‘you shall not steal’) However Fletcher argues that this can’t be for every case, for example; if one must steal to feed their starving family then it should be deemed right. His second principle is that ‘love is the only norm’ which is stated by Fletcher that “the ruling norm of Christian decision is love; nothing else” which outlines that the (moral) law should only be followed if it’s in the interest of love, so therefore you can change the rules (Ten Commandments) for agape. Joseph Fletcher rejects Aquinas natural law by arguing that “there are no universal laws held by all men at all times.” He then went onto Jesus’ teachings and how he summarised the entire law by saying “love god” and “love thy neighbour” therefore implying that love is the only law. Fletcher’s fourth principle is that ‘love is not liking’ which is the idea stated by Fletcher that “love wills the neighbour’s good whether we like him or not”
In making sure that the secular psychology principles align with biblical thinking the biological issues seem to be forgotten. While it is optimal that every human’s make up consist of all the right parts, not every personality will come to counseling complete due to external circumstances and life’s path in general. Hawkin’s model implies that every human beings make-up contains a complete personality and the core is influenced by the Holy Spirit. This is a weakness because only a Christian’s core has the ability to be influenced by the Holy Spirit. It is more reasonable to lean towards Crabb’s model in this area because he discusses the development of maturity in the Christian walk.
The difference between the three views of life is that two of them believe that it is okay to go with whatever society says is okay to do, but the Christian worldview believes that the Bible and the law are the only things to follow. The Christian worldview tries to be with the world but not take part of what the world says is right to do. The battle between these three words will almost continue on until the end of time. A Christian worldview follows the rules and guidelines of the Bible on a day to day basis and knows that what the world does is completely wrong. A Christian follows the Bible and Jesus Christ no matter where it takes him.
Hare also responds to the falsification principle, showing that religious statements are meaningful even though they cannot be falsified because they have a significant impact for the people using the statement. Religious believers adopt bliks for example “god is a loving father” cannot be falsified but it is still meaningful because of the
In Jesus teachings, he never told Christians to do all those negative actions however, it is said to be a misunderstanding. According to Mathew 5, it says, ‘Do not resist an evildoer ’. This verse has been traditionally interpreted to mean that one should be non resistant to evil. In contract with Jesus, he resisted evil in every way he could. On the other hand, the gospel teaches about being non resistance, and therefore,Christians should not practice self defense.
First proposition I will be discussing is “ one thing is intristically good, namely love; nothing else” only good is good, in and of itself. Actions aren’t intristicaly good or evil, depending on whether they promote the most loving result. Fletcher said that actions are extrinsically good depending on the conseuences or circumstances. Natural law states that actions such as lying are always wrong regardless of the circumstances, but according to fletchers first principles actions such as lying can be justified if the outcome is extrinsically good. The second fundamental priniple is “the ruling norm of a christian decision is love; nothing else”.