Christian Ethics and Moral Philosophy in Biblical Studies Context

This essay provides an overview of Christian ethics and moral philosophy, exploring the role of Jesus Christ in formulating Christian doctrine and examining universally similar ethics across human societies. It delves into the central teachings of Jesus, the role of God in shaping Christian character, and the implications of Christian ethics. The essay also discusses ideas of life without belief in God, achieving a moral life free from sin, and the spiritual implications of salvation. Furthermore, it addresses social evils, the role of social education in their eradication, and pressing societal problems such as economic opportunity, unemployment, and poverty. Finally, the essay examines the biblical conditions for divorce, views divorce in the context of societal failure, and explores ways to address rising divorce rates. This document is available on Desklib, where students can find a variety of study resources including past papers and solved assignments.

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Christian Ethics
Christian Ethics is an academic discipline that uses traditions and scriptures for development
and evaluation of ethical norms and there application on issues.
Moral Philosophy
Moral Philosophy is mainly concerned with how people live an ethical life. Normative,
Methathics and Applied Ethics are some of its parts.
Role of Jesus Christ in formulation of Christian doctrine
The whole Christian Doctrine is based on the work of Jesus Christ. All the ideals, hopes and
convictions which are given are part of his work1.
Universally Similar Ethics in all Human Societies
 Peace- The peace is one of the major ethics in all the human societies as peace is
the major similarity in every human society.
 Equal Rights- This states that there must be equal rights between men and women.
 Continuous Social Progress- Growth is one of the major requirements of any
society
 Freedom- In any society people must have the freedom in every aspect.
Central teaching of Ethics of Jesus
The Central teaching includes Justice, Courage, Hope, Cautiousness and Charity, prudence,
faith and temperance.
Role of God in moulding the character of a Christian
It is believed that all the ethics of Christ are the ethics of the God.
Christian ethics without the teachings of the Christ
No, because there is a difference in the prospective that requires the person to translate the
teachings to individual behaviours, words and attitudes which are relevant while remaining
faithful to spirit of his teachings. Teachings are basically the practical application of Christian
ethics.
1 Robin W. Lovin, "Becoming Responsible In Christian Ethics" (2009) 22(4) Studies in
Christian Ethics.

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Ideas of life without the belief of god
The people will themselves give purpose to their own life. This can be done in many ways
like helping needy humans or animals without any motive, taking care of loved ones and
fighting for good cause in order to maintain the moral values.
Moral Life free from Sin
To be free from sin, people need to take care of the objects, intention and the circumstances
of the particular Act. Moral life can be free from sin by following some moral virtues like
justice, prudence and Fortitude.
Conviction of man in a state of ignorance of God
Yes, a man may be declared guilty of any criminal offence of any immoral act by ignoring
the law of god. This is a part of justice of the Christian ethics states the wrong behaviour of
the person.
Spiritual implication of salvation
The death of Jesus Christ had formed the climax of a divine plan for the humanity’s
salvation. As per the Christian doctrine, this is basically the judgement of the sin from the
god.
Social Evil
Anything declared as harmful for the society or any kind of community is social evil. Some
people defined it as a meaningless practice that can ruin the social development of the
society.
Social Services
Social services include facilities like food subsidies, healthcare, job training, adoption,
education, fire services, community management, and improvement of conditions of the
citizens residing in the national community.
Role of Social education in eradication the social evil
This has been observed that the people, who are less educated, less empowered and
economically poor are influenced by the social problems. Social education can open up the
mind and develop their logical thinking.
Pressing Problems of the Society and there how they are addressed
The three major problems of the society are Lack of economic opportunity and
unemployment, poverty in the economy and bad education system in different economies.

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Lack of Economic Opportunity- The society had a very big problem of opportunity as in
order to ensure the growth of society ethically the problem of Lack of opportunity needs to be
overcome by overcoming the technological barriers.
Unemployment- The problem of unemployment is addressed in different societies. The
unemployment leads to create many unethical problems as the people are not employed, they
can find many unethical ways to generate income.
Poverty and Bad education system- This means that the poverty plays a very big role as
poverty is created due to bad education system so the problem of education needs to be
solved in order to improve the problem of poverty.
Conditions for the Divorce
The bible gives two grounds for the divorce. These are abandonment by the unbeliever and
sexual immorality2.
Divorce
The basic meaning includes the dissolution of a particular marriage. The termination of a
marriage involves dissolving the bonds of the matrimony between two people.
Divorce as a failure of Society
No, divorce cannot be assumed as the failure of the society as there can be many reasons of
divorce and failure of the society that will impact many other sectors of the society. The
major reasons for the divorce include unclear rules, domestic violence, improper planning
and communication problem.
Ways to upsurge divorce in a particular Society
These include improved communication, personal space, self-care, hesitation for the help,
and control of partners over each other.
2 Maria Alba-Fisch, "Collaborative Divorce: An Effort To Reduce The Damage Of Divorce"
(2016) 72(5) Journal of Clinical Psychology.

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Bibliography
Journal
Alba-Fisch, Maria, "Collaborative Divorce: An Effort To Reduce The Damage Of Divorce"
(2016) 72(5) Journal of Clinical Psychology
Lovin, Robin W., "Becoming Responsible In Christian Ethics" (2009) 22(4) Studies in
Christian Ethics