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Life Issues Affected by Ethics (Murder: Abortion (compromise policy, not…
Life Issues Affected by Ethics
Self-Defense: Your life is in jeopardy, but is this the only choice?
Taking a life by force when presented in a dangerous situation
Murder: Deliberately taking a life
Abortion & Infanticide: unwanted infant or unborn
Considered non persons
healthy or handicapped = murder
Roe vs Wade: useful life, quality of life
Debate of human development, personhood
Willful invasion?
Legal but not moral
Physical Violence: growing trend in media, @ 25% people are affected
Neglect: blood guiltiness, doing or saying nothing
Moral Failure
Suicide
Taking your own life willfully
Euthanasia
Physician -assisted Suicide
Active: Promoting death
Death with dignity and Good Death
Verbal Abuse: murder in spirit, contempt and hate
Hateful Anger: hating your brother, lack of love
Race/Racism
Assigning behavior to a race, minority, reverse discrimination
Pride, Ignorance, fear of the unknown
Racism in the church
model Christian behavior
teach the truth
build relationships
write policy, structure without barriers
Murder: Abortion
compromise policy, not principle
2nd act of violence does not correct the first
value of the unborn Psalm 139
forcing a miscarriage Ex. 21:22-25
Personhood: creationist vs traducion positions
Image of God
Self-defense
Was lethal force needed?
Turn the other cheek option
Physical Violence
Suicide
violates the prohibition of the intent a taking an innocent life
Affects others
Body is a temple
Refusing medical care /Faith in healing
Euthanasia
Violates God's law of caring/ moral aboligation
withdrawling medical care
not a burden, blessing
Bioethics Issues
Stem Cell research: embryonic vs adult
Artificial insemination: biology impacts the baby, person's right to know, identity issues
Organ transplant and artificial organs: boundaries, cyborgs, genetic research
Plastic surgery: Corrective vs. enhancing
Animal Rights: humans are to care for animals without abuse
War
Nonresistance/Pacifism
Liberal protestants and Roman Catholic Leaders
War is wrong
Follow's Christ's Example
Turn the other cheek
peacemaker
any force is immoral
presumption against war
Just War Theory
Recognition of justice in protection of the innocent
goal is peace
Attempts negotiations and peacemaking first
Presumption of justice
Torture
human dignity
Immoral: permanent harm
Nuclear War
End consequences
Civilization concerns
War OT
Commanded by God
Time for War
Judgement
Driving out of the land
War NT
WWJD
reacted to injustice
Protect themsleves
vengeance on evil doers