CategoryEthics and Moral Theology

Is Christianity Good for the World?

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Title of Essay With a particular audience in mind (University Christian Youth Forum for this essay), provide a script for a talk responding to the following key question within the field of apologetics: Is Christianity good for the world? Evidence must be drawn from within both Scripture and secondary literature. Commentary: Unfortunately, I am still not enamoured of this subject. I understand...

Toward a better understanding of marriage, divorce and remarriage

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Title of Essay With an audience in mind (e.g., youth, university), provide a script for a talk addressing and critically analysing the key areas that underpin the issues in one of following areas of applied ethics: Divorce and Remarriage Evidence must be drawn from Scripture and secondary literature.   The scenario I chose was to present as if I was asked to give an address to a conference for...

Imitating Christ

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How does a thorough analysis of the life of Jesus’ (imitation) ethical approach found in Scripture reveal the ways in which it shapes and informs the moral framework of individuals within the Christian faith, and what scholarly insights and contemporary relevance can be drawn from this analysis? Commentary: This one, I got the word count issue sorted out! All in all, I am pretty happy with this...

Deontology, utilitarianism, and virtues ethical theories

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Title of Essay Summarise the key distinctions between deontology, utilitarianism, and virtues ethical theories and explain how each theory approaches the concept of morality differently? Commentary: So, right off the bat, the big mistake I made with this assignment was that I messed up the word count. I used Word’s word count function but didn’t exclude footnotes. This resulted in a...