From Marbaniang, Domenic. Ethics (1998). Published as Philosophical Ethics (2012)2.1.1.3. Christianity and Normative EthicsChristian ethics, as the author believes, is a mean between Teleological and Deontological Ethics. The concept is that of a God who wills a universal law for all humans, at all times, a Will that is in accordance to His own nature and, therefore, a necessary, for all existence contingent on Him. Any being that rebels against this Will rebels against its own well-being or good, that is contingent on the Creator. The good expresses...
Naturalistic Ethics
From Marbaniang, Domenic. Ethics (1998), Published as Philosophical Ethics (2012)3. Applied Ethics in a Naturalistic Autonomous SocietyThis chapter is important before we move into the next chapter where we will be dealing mainly with the importance of God, Scripture, Church, and Evangelical Christianity in relation to ethics.3.1. Naturalistic Autonomous SocietyIt wouldn’t be appropriate to call this society godless; for man at times tends to look to a greater power beyond him in awe or aspiration. But, it is necessary to say that here is no impulsion...
