Norman L. Geisler, one of the founders of Veritas Evangelical Seminary and Southern Evangelical Seminary, presents a Christian view of how to deal with consequences in conjunction with divine command theory in his article entitled Any Absolutes? Absolutely! (Geisler, 1995) In previous writings, Geisler tries to critique the various branches of ethics, and he goes forward to argue the Divine Command ethics theory and with the Divine Command from a Christian perspective through the Bible. There are six approaches to critiquing conflicting moral absolutes, including Generalism, which states that there exist only general moral laws, but they are not absolute. Antinomianism bypasses the issue by maintaining that there does not exist any moral absolutes (Paul, 2013). Situationism has that only one absolute law like love should be followed. Graded Absolutism is many simple laws which at times conflict and are tasked with obeying the higher law. Geisler states that only Graded Absolutism holds is compatible to a Christian worldview. Since Christian ethics command that there are a lot of absolutes, Situationism is not compatible.
Graded Absolutism and Situationism are similar in the fact that they both deal with love. They also both claim a …show more content…
As believers the number one thing we must do is to obey God and His word. Throughout the scriptures, God tells us many times in different ways about breaking the moral laws. In James 2:10 it tells us, "For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God's laws." and James 4:17 tells us, "Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. Knowing what your belief system is and how it compares and contrasts to one another gives you a better understanding of where fits in the ethical
Graded Absolutism and Situationism are similar in the fact that they both deal with love. They also both claim a …show more content…
As believers the number one thing we must do is to obey God and His word. Throughout the scriptures, God tells us many times in different ways about breaking the moral laws. In James 2:10 it tells us, "For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God's laws." and James 4:17 tells us, "Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. Knowing what your belief system is and how it compares and contrasts to one another gives you a better understanding of where fits in the ethical