PROTESTANTISM:
-Sola Scriptura
-Later, more minimalist thought/values/autonomy
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Divine Command Ethics - Tattoos
Leviticus 19:28 "nor print any marks upon you"
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Divine Command Ethics - Gossiping
Leviticus 19:16 "go up and down as a talebearer among thy people"
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Divine Command Ethics - Losing Virginity Before Marriage
Deuteronomy 22:20-21 "stone her with stones"
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Divine Command Ethics - Eating a Ham Sandwich
Leviticus 11:7-8 "And the pig...You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you"
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Who came up with the Euthyphro Problem?
Plato
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The Euthyphro Problem Part One
Are right actions because of Divine Command?
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The Euthyphro Problem Part Two
Are right actions commanded by God because they are right?
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The Key Question to ask about the Euthyphro Problem
God's ABSOLUTISM
(what He says goes)
Or God's CONTINGENCY
(needs another system to help)
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Robert Adams on God and cruelty
"it is logically possible that God could command cruelty for its own sake...but unthinkable that God should do so"
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Conservatism
Traditionalists in Religion
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Fundamentalism
Strictly following religious teaching
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Radicalism
Rejecting current society, bringing about change
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Extremism
Accepting violent means for radicalist beliefs - more than extreme faith
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Terrorism/Violent Extremism
Support or discussion leads to action
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Classic Dawkins Trick
Pick the most extreme example of a concept and falsify the concept altogether!
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Richard Swinburne - God or character?
"too much evidence [for the existence of God] might not be good for us" for the sake of "naturally good character"
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Richard Dawkins on Jehovah
"most unpleasant character of all fiction"
Typical of his extreme dislike of religion
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Steve Weinberg on Religion
"For good people to do evil things, it takes religion"
Correlates with religion being used for terrorist purposes, as people have claimed to do wrong through religion.
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Richard Dawkins on Good and God
Cherry picking isn't good, only better to be good for good, not good for God.
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Melvin Tinker on Denominations
Each religion and faction should only be judged by their own terms.
A bit like Wittgenstein's Language Games, since Tinker wishes to constitute religious ethics within their own boundaries of explanation.
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R. A Sharpe in Moral Case Against Religious Belief
We "think of religion and morality as intimately and supremely connected", "which are confused, inconsistent and which cause human suffering"
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