class 1 introduction to ethics

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Todd Warren

Summit Bible College

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Purpose

To help the student develop a

Biblical Worldview useful for

confronting a variety ofworldviews and ethical

decisions

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Today’s Class

Introduction to Ethics andWorldviews



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Ethics!rom Ethos: “ " stall #or hoses$Ethics% What ought to be&orality% "n individual’s response to ethics


E t h i c s

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EthicsEthics% What ought to be


Bene#icial #or

the common

good E t h i c s

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EthicsEthics% Protect the common good


Bene#icial #or

the common

good

)amaging #orthe common

good

E t h i c s

*


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Ethics+now your boundaries

The sliding line of ethics


Bene#icial #or

the common

good


good

E t h i c s

,


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Ethics+now your boundaries%

E-ample% Murder


) o n o t m u r d e

r

Bene#icial #or

the common

good


good

.


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Ethics

+ill no

one

) o

n o t & u r d e

r+ill only thedeserving

Capital Punishment

+ill only the willing

+ i l l t h e

t h r e a t s t o s o c i e t y

+ i l l t h e

t h r e a t s t o c u l t u r e

+ i l l t h e

u s e l e s

s

+ i l l a n y o n e

Soldiers Euthanasia


When is it ethical to ta/e a li#e0

C r i m i n

a l s

R e b e l l i o u

s

H o l o c a u

s t

E t h n i c c l e a n s i n g

R e l i g i o u s e x p a n s i o n

E l d e r l y

H a n d i c a p

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EthicsEthics are determined by one’s worldview%


The lens through which oneviews li#e and #orms the way

they ma/e decisions

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The Big !ive Worldviews

4aturalism Pantheism Theism Spiritism Postmodernism

"theism

"gnosticismE-istentialism

5induism

TaoismBuddhism

4ew "ge

Consciousness

Christianity

6udaismIslam

Thousands

o#7eligions

Postmodernism

Worldviews

&aterial world

is all that

e-ists

Man is a

chance

product

Truth is

provable

No moralnorm

Spiritual world

is all that e-ists

Man is one with

reality

Truth is

oneness with

universe

No good and

evil, ustunenlightened

8od e-ist

Man is created

Truth is

revealed

!bsolute

moral values

come from

"od

Spirit beings

govern

Man is created

by the gods

Shaman types

reveal truth

#on$t irritate

the gods

7eality is socially

constructed

Man is product of

society

Truth is relative

%alues socially

constructed


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• The spirit o# the world

• The spirit o# the antichrist

• The spirit o# holiness

In#luences o# our Worldview

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• The spirit o# the world&assive opposition to "od'Natural, carnal, motivated by sin'

(ontradicts the spirit of holiness

!ppeals to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and boastful pride )* +n' :*-.

• The spirit o# the antichrist





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• The spirit o# the worldPassive opposition to God.Natural, carnal, motivated by sin.

Contradicts the spirit o holiness

!he lust o the lesh, the lust o the eyes, and boastul pride "# $n. %'(

• The spirit o# the antichrist%iolent opposition to "od'

Evil, spiritual, motivated by spiritual forces of wic/edness'

#eceives, tempts, accuses, destroys'

This is the spirit of the antichrist0one who denies the 1ather and the 2on ) * +n' :, 3:4.



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In#luences o# our Worldview• The spirit o# the world

Passive opposition to God.

Natural, carnal, motivated by sin.

Contradicts the spirit o holiness

!he lust o the lesh, the lust o the eyes, and boastul pride "# $n. %'(

• The spirit o# the antichrist)iolent opposition to God.

Evil, spiritual, motivated by spiritual orces o *ic+edness.

eceives, tempts, accuses, destroys.

!his is the spirit o the antichrist-one *ho denies the ather and the Son " # $n. %&%%, /&0(

• The spirit o# holiness5eveals the realities of "od and 6is true character'

6oly, spiritual, motivated by love'

(ontradicts the desires of the flesh

+esus through the spirit of holiness was declared to be the 2on of "od )5om' *:3.

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Christian Worldview at 7is/The spirit o# the world and the spirit o# the

antichrist have put the Christian Worldviewat ris/9

Is your worldview at ris/0

5as your Christian Worldview beencompromised0

E7amine yourselves

to see whether you are in the faith8test yourselves'

(orinthians *4:9a

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