While trying to introduce Lewis writings from the book “law of right and wrong”, to the students, Shelton wanted to show that morality is real and is not relative. He observed that most of the students agree to Lewis writings but drew the line when correlating it to business and ethics. For them business is just business and cannot be related to their personal life, in other words, their perception seems that some behaviors are fair in business but that might not be fair in other areas of life, vice versa.
And there were some situations where morality can be non-relative and context can matter most and it may explain our tendency towards compartmentalization. For instance, a dress wearable at beach may not be appropriate dress for the worship …show more content…
At the same time students should always keep in mind that gospel of Christ is not an example simply to be followed in other for the better society, but rather gospel is solely and completely about Christ himself and the righteousness we have in him. Following him may not improve one’s social status or may be slightest, but definitely one’s eternal standing in the sight of god will. And all that matters.
Implications of moral relativism
Moral relativism can be of any several philosophical ideas concerned with the differences in moral judgments varying across different people and cultures. So every judgment about right and wrong is purely a product of person’s preferences and his surrounding environment.
According to moral relativism, no statement or position can be considered -”right or wrong”, “best or worst”. Moral relativism says “it’s true for me, if I believe in …show more content…
for betterment of one’s well being, ethics should be applied into their lives, situation ethics was created from Christian context, which says that there are no universal rules on right or wrong as each case depends on situation and it deserves a unique solution.
Situation ethics rejects the idea of prefabricated decision and perspective rules. Hence it teaches people that ethical decisions should follow flexible guidelines rather than absolute rules and should be taken on case by case basis.
.Chuck colson’s conclusion on moral absolutes
Chuck colson says there is a real difference in knowng the right thing and doing a right thing. As Christians we always talk about the Christian moral values, but how we can ensure that our beliefs and leading to virtuous behavior in
And there were some situations where morality can be non-relative and context can matter most and it may explain our tendency towards compartmentalization. For instance, a dress wearable at beach may not be appropriate dress for the worship …show more content…
At the same time students should always keep in mind that gospel of Christ is not an example simply to be followed in other for the better society, but rather gospel is solely and completely about Christ himself and the righteousness we have in him. Following him may not improve one’s social status or may be slightest, but definitely one’s eternal standing in the sight of god will. And all that matters.
Implications of moral relativism
Moral relativism can be of any several philosophical ideas concerned with the differences in moral judgments varying across different people and cultures. So every judgment about right and wrong is purely a product of person’s preferences and his surrounding environment.
According to moral relativism, no statement or position can be considered -”right or wrong”, “best or worst”. Moral relativism says “it’s true for me, if I believe in …show more content…
for betterment of one’s well being, ethics should be applied into their lives, situation ethics was created from Christian context, which says that there are no universal rules on right or wrong as each case depends on situation and it deserves a unique solution.
Situation ethics rejects the idea of prefabricated decision and perspective rules. Hence it teaches people that ethical decisions should follow flexible guidelines rather than absolute rules and should be taken on case by case basis.
.Chuck colson’s conclusion on moral absolutes
Chuck colson says there is a real difference in knowng the right thing and doing a right thing. As Christians we always talk about the Christian moral values, but how we can ensure that our beliefs and leading to virtuous behavior in