Six Working Principles
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- Created on: 02-06-18 12:20
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- Six Working Principles
- 1."Only one thing is intrinsically good; namely love"
- Actions aren't intrinsically good or bad
- Actions are judged based on their consequence
- Actions are part of a chain of cause and effect.
- 2."The ruling norm of Christian decision is love"
- Jesus replaced the Torah with the principle of love
- Picking corn on the Sabbath
- Love replaces law
- You can break rules when required.
- Immoral killing is immoral, but self-defence may be allowed
- Jesus replaced the Torah with the principle of love
- 3."Love and Justice are the same, for justice is love distributed"
- Justice is love in the community, for the whole community
- Love takes everything into account, it is not partial
- It is not sentimental love, but preferential love
- 4."Love wills the neighbour's good, whether we like him or not"
- Love is not feeling but attitude
- Agape is unconditional and does not require anything in return
- This is New Testament agape love.
- It is a desire for the good of the other, regardless of who they are
- 5."Only the end justifies the means"
- The end must be the most loving result
- Whether something is lawful is irrelevent
- Love is the goal and any that justifies any act
- It must consider: desired end, means available, foreseeable consequence
- 6."Love's decisions are made situationally, not prescriptively"
- We must be free to make decisions based on the situation
- If an action brings about the most love, it is right
- Rules are repressive, and do not cover all situations
- It is relative based on the situation
- 1."Only one thing is intrinsically good; namely love"
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