Unit 7 Responses
There are 4 responses. Write a 100 word response for each one.
Response 1.) Jayne
What is the difference between ethics and morality?
There is not much difference between ethics and morality because ethics and morality are intertwined (Myers and Noebel, 2015). Morality is a person’s decision or conviction to what defines right from wrong. Ethics is the fundamental study of morality that how ethics is used. (p.227) According to (Myers and Noebel, 2015), John Deigh’s theories of ethics are divided into two categories, teleological or deontological.
Theological ethics determine if a person’s actions are right or wrong based on the purpose and the end; and that having a good soul is the recipe for having a good life.” (p.228) (Myers and Noebel, 2015) Deontological ethics asks the question of “what shall we do?” Deontological ethics judges a person’s action based on a principle of duty.” (p.229)
References:
Myers, J., & Noebel, D. (2015). Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews. Summit Ministries. ISBN: 978-1-4347-095
Response 2.) Deborah
Ethics are a set of principles or rules that are put in place in the workplace to guide us. Morality are personal values we set for ourselves. Ethics are standards in what we need to do and morality is what we do. Ethics deals with what is right and morality deals with what is accepted. Ethics and morality are similar in one way and that it relates to right and wrong. We are humans and we make mistakes, but we also know when we are doing good and when we are doing bad. In 3 John 1:11 it states Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
Response 3.) Leslie
Metaphysics means beyond the natural things, so to be beyond natural would imply the supernatural. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that seeks to understand the nature of ultimate existence, reality, and experience without being bound to one theological doctrine. John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Metaphysics acknowledges and respects the beauty in all of God’s creation. It does not explore religious beliefs and laws created by man in the creation of the universe, but rather, it explores the immutable laws of nature. It is the only science capable of inquiring beyond physical and human science. Most metaphysical philosophers consider metaphysics as a spiritual philosophy.
Myers, J. & Noebel, D. (2016) Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews. Summit Ministries.
Cline, A, (2021) What is Metaphysics? Retrieved from https://www.learnreligions.com/what-is-metaphysics-250530 (Links to an external site.).
The Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV)
Response 4.) Carter
According to Myers and Noebel (2016), “The study of ultimate reality is called metaphysics” (p. 200). Various worldviews offer differing perspectives concerning the nature of reality (and if reality exists at all).
The Christian believes in an objective reality, and this reality was created and defined by God. Ultimate reality involves the material world created in Genesis chapter 1 (English Standard Version, 2001, Genesis 1:1-31). Ultimate reality also involves the spiritual or supernatural world alluded to throughout the Bible (Job 1:6-12, Revelations 4:1-8).
Because the Christian God is intelligent (an understatement), our material world exists in an intelligible form (Myers and Noebel, 2016, p. 218). We can understand the material universe because God made the universe and God made humanity in His image.
English Standard Version Bible. (2001). Crossway
Myers, J., & Noebel, D.A. (2016). Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews. Summit Ministries.
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