Saul Of Tarsus: What Is Ethical Subjectivism?

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Ethical Subjectivism refers to an individual justifying their actions as being correct, because in their point of view they are morally right. In the bible there is a story of a man who killed and persecuted men and women who followed Jesus Christ, because they were going against what he believed in; his name is Saul of Tarsus, also known as one on the Jesus apostles (Apostle Paul). Saul was from a Jewish tribe of Benjamin, and when he described himself, he said he was a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the Mosaic Law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the Christian Church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. (Philippians 3:4-6). Saul did everything he could to stop the growth of Christianity. As a matter of fact, Saul was there when Stephen was killed (the first recorded martyr in the New Testament), he watched the coats of those who were stoning Stephen (Acts 7:58). That same day when Stephen was martyr, persecution broke out against the Christian church in …show more content…

But, we also came to conclusion that the priests and Saul’s cultural believes influenced him to act in a certain way. Also he is not justified for what he did, because he did pay the consequences. My judgment toward his actions may be influenced by my ethical subjectivism and ethical objectivism’s perspective. But I did base myself a lot on what the bible said, and tried to comprehend both sides. But what I did came to understand and learn from this, is that no matter what your past is, you are worthy to turn yourself to God and he will forgive you, and mold you to a great person, like he did to Saul. Saul killed his disciples, but repent and God saw his sincerity and accepted him, and even more special, he took him out of that vicious life he was living and cleaned him, and now made him fight, but fight for those in need of

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