Ethics & Morality
The study of right and wrong; from the Greek ethos.
What is ethics ?
The ex-convict protagonist who stole the Bishop’s silver.
Who is Jean Valjean?
Ethics centered on consequences or the "end" goal.
What is Teleology?
Global similarity in moral codes across different cultures.
What is the common moral heritage?
The "Gold Standard" or fixed point for human character.
Who is Jesus?
The personal code of conduct you actually live by.
What is Morality?
What the Bishop told police the stolen silver actually was.
What is a gift?
Ethics based on duty and inherent rightness of acts.
What is Deontology?
Professor who identified a "common moral heritage" worldwide.
Who is Calvin Linton?
Sacrificial love for God and your neighbor.
What is Agape?
Analogy where ethics is the study of our moral beliefs.
What is the container?
Valuable items the Bishop added to his silver gift.
What are silver candlesticks?
Act only as if your choice becomes a universal law.
What is the Categorical Imperative?
The inevitable consequences of ignoring woven moral laws.
What is the moral law of gravity?
General Revelation is often called this "inner heart law".
What is the conscience?
Journalist who said moral codes include a "picture of nature".
Who is Walter Lippmann?
The Bishop viewed his mercy as this type of "purchase".
What is an investment in the soul?
The chilling phrase often used to justify terrible actions.
What is "the ends justify the means"?
C.S. Lewis said you cannot "invent" these like moral values.
What are primary colors?
Inward change versus an outward sterile checklist of rules.
What is transformation vs. duty?
He defined secularism as "considerations purely human".
Who is George Jacob Holyoake?
The Bishop’s act proved mercy is a tool for this.
What is redemption/transformation?
Dilemma where duties to truth and life collide.
What is the Polish hiding scenario?
Naturalistic view that the universe has no moral manual.
What is a moral void?
Needs Christian ethics focuses on when serving the "whole" person.
What are physical and spiritual needs?