Choosing The Good: Christian Ethics In A Complete World

When reviewing the class notes from this past week what really stuck out was all of the Christian ethics. The reason this stuck out to me was that it helps bring clarity in a time of crisis for me and my family. The “ Principles “ is a moral guidance to live by based off of God’s Commandment. The way I comprehend this is we as Christians must base our ethics on the values and decision that are aligned with God and his commandments. The reason we do this is to live easier and share the love with others. One thing that came to mind when I was reading this is, how I can better my daily lifestyle by just doing some of the simple things based off of the commandments. The second commandment which can be summarized as “ don’t make yourself into an idol”, can be easily practiced in everyday life as being humble. I feel being humble is a big part of Christianity because it comes with the notion that you are not greater than anyone around you, no matter how much more or how much less they have than …show more content…
Hollinger, I overcame something that I was extremely unaware of in ethics. According to Hollinger ( 2002), “ The most obvious ramification for the technology revolution for Christian ethics is that many of the issues we face today arose out of that revolution” ( p. 94). What Hollinger was trying to say was that many issues such as abortion, and stem cell research have emerged more in the past few decades because of new technology capabilities. This helps me to understand that the more technology evolves the more we will be faced with a big ethical decision in our life because of it. I look at social media and how everyone uses social media as a platform of communication. But we are constantly challenging our ethical morals at times through the interactions we make one it. This will not stop my limited use of social media but it will defiantly change the way I carry myself on social