Common Good And Christian Ethics: An Analysis Of Christian Ethics

Additive This analysis of Christian ethics mirrors my worldview and reinforces what was learned from my supplemental readings and core assignments.

Contextualization

This excerpt conforms to my worldview that the essence of Christianity is based on how an individual responds to others who are in need of both physical and spiritual help. As I continue to develop and grow in Christ, I will apply this principle throughout my lifelong journey of helping others and teaching the Gospel.

Hollenbach, D. (2002). The common good and Christian ethics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from https://www.questia.com/read/105327754/the-common-good-and-christian-ethics (21) Excerpt

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I will strive to do same except when God’s laws contrast with societal laws; in such a case, I will obey God’s laws. (25) Excerpt

“There are different types of ethics: Deontological, teleological, and contextual ethics. They can be defined as the principle-oriented, social-oriented, responsibility-oriented or context-oriented ethics” (p. 11).

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Additive

I discover some additive information in this excerpt and this material reinforces concepts learned in some classes in cores 4 and 5 at Oxford Graduate School.

Contextualization

This material brought a greater insight to the distinctions among the three major types of ethics. Especially, responsibility-oriented type ethics that were dealt with by both H. Richard Niebuhr and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

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Aristotle maintained that ethics, “should aim at what is good. The good is happiness for him. He urges us to choose the fine, the beneficial and the pleasant, and to avoid the shameful, the harmful and the painful” (p. 12).

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Additive

This material is additive to my understanding of ethics and concurs with my worldview that ethics should embrace what is good versus what is