RE -- Good and Evil (Religious and Ethical responses)
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- Created on: 11-11-18 08:38
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- RE -- Good and Evil (Religious and Ethical responses)
- Relative morality
- Right and wrong are not fixed but relative to the situation
- Absolute morality
- There are rules that are fixed for all situations, times etc
- Sin
- Sin is an action that goes against God's laws
- Sins of commission
- Wrong acts that you have chosen to commit
- Sins of omission
- These are good actions that you have failed to do
- Mortal sin
- A sin that will condemn you to hell unless you repent and are forgiven
- Eg/ Greed sent the Rich man (in the rich man and Lazarus) to hell
- A sin that will condemn you to hell unless you repent and are forgiven
- Venial sin
- A sin that is not enough to send you to hell
- They are forgivable but you must do penance for them to prevent spending so long in purgatory
- Altruism
- This puts the needs of others above your own needs
- Egoism
- We choose to do things that will benefit ourselves
- We have a duty to obtain the best balance for ourselves of good and evil
- Utilitarianism
- We should try and cause the greatest good for the greatest number of people
- Situation ethics
- You do the most loving thing in any situation. Love is the only rule.
- Relative morality
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