1.A Revenge -Seeking Merc, A Foolish OldFarmer, and a Wise & Beautiful WomanMercenary by Breogan lvarez

2. Carmel 3. King James Dramatized Audio by A. Scourby: 1st Samuel 25 1 Samuel 25:3 Now the name of the man wasNabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: andshe was a woman of good understanding, andof a beautiful countenance: but the man waschurlish and evil in his doings; and he was ofthe house of Caleb.Length 7:33 4. Christian EthicsHuman Issues of Right and Wrong 5. Dear Abby (Abigail Van Buren) says thatanything between two consenting adults, thatdoesnt hurt anyone, is ethical. This reflectsthe Right is what brings pleasure viewpointof the Hedonists and the Man is theMeasure viewpoint of Protagoras the Greek. 6. Row vs. Wade, and, in fact all legal verdicts arebased on precedent, just as the viewpointsof Morals are Mores and The Human Raceis the Basis of Right define ethics. 7. Democracy says the majority rules, as inThrasymachus Might is Right viewpoint ofethics. 8. Other viewpoints include: Right is moderation Right is the Greater Good Right is RelativeAristotle believed that moralityis found in moderation. 9. What is Ethics? Basically, ethics is a legal code of right andwrong. Christian ethics is very different fromany of mans ethics systems because it isbased on Gods will and the Bible. Every othersystem leaves out the idea of answering to ahigher power. Some sound pleasant, if there isno judgment day. But, true Christian ethicsmust be built around the one standard of theBible, Gods revealed, inspired word. 10. Defining our own EthicsWhy cant ethics be ascertained by each ethnicgroup or determined by community demandsonly? This would excuse Jonestown, Woodstock, Waco, etc. Also, conflicts between communities could not be settled, and conflicting principles could not both be right if they are opposite of each other. 11. 2 Broad Categories of Ethics: Deontological- duty centered. Rulesdetermines the result, & are good regadless. Teleological- ends centered, such as theutilitarianism philosophy of usefulness. Theresult determines the rule.Christian ethics are deontological.Antinomianism - Some do notsubscribe to rules of ethics at all. 12. 3 Types of Antinomianism Today Utiliarianism makes what is useful moral. Existentialism claims that our highest dutygoes beyond moral lawleaving no moralabsolutes. Evolutionism changed the whole idea of rightand wrong to survival of the fittest.Emphasizes SocialRelationships: Goalong to get along! 13. What would be a strong argument against this idea that whatever brings the most pleasure is right? If so, then the NAMBLA has moral grounds for usingsmall children for sexual gratification. The gay rights groups and NAMBLA are justified inpublishing instructions in their magazines on how toget into leadership positions in the BSA and schools,in order to practice their lifestyle. Internet porn would be for the greater pleasure ofthe paying majority, and moral, despite the smallnumber of children who are affected by it, (not tomention destroyed homes.) (Hedonistic) 14. 4 Principles of Situationism: Love and justice are the same, for justice islove distributed; nothing else. Love wills the neighbors good whether welike him or not. Only the end justifies the means; nothingelse. Loves decisions are made situationally, notprescriptively. 15. The law of love is the one absolute. Situational Ethics -Written by JosephFletcher in 1966. Altruistic Adultery Patriotic Prostitution Sacrificial Suicide Acceptable Abortion Merciful Murder. 16. Application: What life-themes doyou see in the story? Just people give others their due Harsh attitude not profitable Christian men and women are attracted to each other God repays evil