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31 Cards in this Set
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Christian ethics is a blend of what?
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Virtues and principles
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Morality is ultimately grounded in what?
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The character of God
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In the Bible, moral norms are never determined by what?
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Culture
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The term “first principles” is used to describe what?
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The Decalogue
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Obedience to the law should be seen primarily as what?
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Loyalty to God
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What is the central concept that unifies old testament ethics?
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Holiness
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What was the primary way in which Israel was to be set apart for God?
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Worship
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What two groups do ethicists generally separate ethics into?
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Social ethics and personal ethics
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Define social ethics
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Ethics concerning morality for groups, namely, the broader society.
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Define personal ethics
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Ethics concerning individual ethical decisions
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Name the three types of laws God gave to Israel.
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1) moral, 2) civil, 3) ceremonial
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The moral obligations for the follower of Jesus are subsumed under what notion?
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Becoming like Christ
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The sermon on the Mount is a treatise on what?
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The ethical demands of life in the kingdom of God
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What did the Jewish leaders rely on to develop holiness?
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Spiritual discipline
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What did the Greeks depend on to produce morality?
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Education
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To develop a Christlike character, what is necessary?
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Surrender to the will of God and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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What is the “divine command” theory?
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And ethical theory in which the ultimate foundation for morality is found in the revealed will of God, namely, the commands of God as found in Scripture.
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Define ethical voluntarism.
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In ethical theory in which it is believed that things are good because God commands them. (i.e. Islam)
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God is not free to command anything he so desires but is restricted by what?
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His character
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Morality is not grounded ultimately in God's commands, but in what?
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His character
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How does Christian ethics avoid the charge of ethical voluntarism?
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By linking divine commands with divine character
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Define natural law.
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An aspect of Christian morality that posits that moral precepts exist prior to God's commands given in special revelation, and that objective moral values exist outside of special revelation.
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Simple definition of natural law
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Natural law is simply general revelation in the area of moral values.
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Define nonconflicting absolutism
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The view that there can never be a conflict of divine commands.
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Define the graded absolutism, or hierarchialism
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And ethical view similar to choosing the lesser of two evils, but with the view that the choice is a morally justifiable option, not sin.
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Natural law refers to God's revelation of morality from all sources outside of what?
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The Scriptures
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What is the central passage in the Bible that affirms natural law in the broad sense?
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Romans 2:1-16
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Many of the criticisms of natural law relate not to its existence but to what?
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How it can be reliably known
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Because it is not always clear if something is natural because of sin or creation what is necessary?
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Special revelation
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Legal positivists believe what?
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They hold that there is no essential relationship between law and morality.
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What does the school of moral realism believe?
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They are committed to the idea that laws that do not correspond to objective values are non-laws, or invalid laws
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