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8/19/2019 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
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E t h i c s
'
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EthicsEthics% What ought to be
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Bene#icial #or
the common
good E t h i c s
(
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EthicsEthics% Protect the common good
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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
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Bene#icial #or
the common
good
)amaging #orthe common
good
E t h i c s
,
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Ethics+now your boundaries%
E-ample% Murder
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) o n o t m u r d e
r
Bene#icial #or
the common
good
)amaging #orthe common
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
Biblical Worldview Biblical Ethics
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%
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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
• The spirit o# holiness
In#luences o# our Worldview
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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.
• The spirit o# holiness
In#luences o# our Worldview
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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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