Question | Answer |
Earliest Known Ethical Writings | Hebrew Scriptures |
Earliest Known Ethical Writings | Egyptian School Texts |
Earliest Known Ethical Writings | Egyptian "Book of the Dead" |
Earliest Known Ethical Writings | Mesopotamian "Legend of Gilgamesh |
Socrates "Right Action" | Consistent with self-interest |
Socrates "Right Action" | Must be rational |
Idea Aristotle Advocates | Honesty in speech is always a virtue |
Idea Aristotle Advocates | virtue is the mean between excess and deficiency |
Idea Aristotle Advocates | People need courage |
Idea Aristotle Advocates | No one would choose to live without friends |
Advantage of using virtues as ethical standards | takes in to consideration that all people are not morally equal |
Devine Command Theory Problem | Concepts of good and evil are arbitrarily dependent on God's rules |
Devine Command Theory Problem | Humans should be truthful only because God commands it |
Theory of Natural Law Element | describes both what is and what ought to be |
Theory of Natural Law Element | right course of action follows dictates of reason |
Theory of Natural Law Element | theory is based on perspective that nature is purposeful |
Jaina Ethics | extreme measures in pursuit of ahimsa (non injury) |
Jaina Ethics | perceives all ethics by reference to monastic ethics |
Gandhian Ethics | Known for practical wisdom |
Classical Hindu Ethics | Founded in a rigid, descriminatory class system; life affirming; rigidly authoritarian |
Classical Hindu Ethics | Teaches principal of passive restraint |
Allows for legitimate autonomy; seeks to influence but not control | Christ transforming culture |
Advocates Church seeking control over public life | Christ over culture |
Promotes other worldly pietism | Christ against culture |
Casts a gospel glow over the existing order and hardly changes it | Christ of culture |
Makes a seperation between Christs rule in the church and in public life | Christ and culture in paradox |
Delema to applying scripture to contemporary social issues | scriptures do not always provide specific moral guidance |
Delema to applying scripture to contemporary social issues | scriptures does not yeild definate answers to social problems |
Delema to applying scripture to contemporary social issues | scripture is often quoted without contex |