Moral Decision Making
- Created by: boy_repellent
- Created on: 06-05-14 16:42
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- moral decisions
- Christians (Bible)
- Christians believe that the Bible is the word of God and therefore he is guidance to make a decision
- Bible contains God's teachings on how Christians should behave
- Bible contains teachings of Jesus on how to live
- Bible contains letters from the leading disciples of Jesus about how Christians should behave
- Some Christians believe that the Bible was written by humans inspired by God, so some things need to be changed for the modern world
- Some Christians would use the Church or their own conscience or reason to follow the Bible
- Church
- They believe the Church is the Body of Christ
- Most Christians believe that God speaks to the world today through the Church
- The Church is guided by God in making decisions on today's moral issues
- Catholic Christians believe that the Magisterium gives perfect guidance on moral behaviour
- Conscience
- they believe the voice of conscience seems to be the same as the voice of God, therefore Christians should follow it
- St Paul and St Thomas Aquinas taught that Christians should use their conscience in moral decision making
- The Bible often needs to be interpreted but the conscience doesn't
- people have heard the voice of God telling them to do bad things so do not always follow their conscience
- if christians follow the teaching of the bible/church they are doing the right thing so they don't follow their conscience
- if everyone followed their conscience the world would be choas
- Situation ethics
- Jesus seemed to follow situation ethics
- He taught to love God and love your neighbour, should always do what will have the most loving results
- Christians believe they should only do what they believe will produce good
- some think it is wrong, they believe the Bible is God's word to Christians about how to live
- they believe they should follow the 10 commandments rather than relying on their own ideas
- some think it is wrong because the Church knows best rather than an individual Christian
- Jesus seemed to follow situation ethics
- Christians (Bible)
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