[Vision2020] What is relative moralism

Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:00:20 EST

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Tom et. al.

And what is "situational ethics?"  

Even an ethical absolutist like Wilson will argue that killing is absolutely 
wrong, except if the death penalty is warranted, depending on the "situation," 
in which case then execution is biblically justified, is "absolutely" moral.  
Slavery is also morally wrong, according to the statements of the same Doug 
Wilson, except in certain historical "situations" where the benevolent 
Christian slave owner may be doing his Christian duty in owing slaves till the whole 
mess can be straightened out with the least bloodshed, which is what Wilson 
says he would rather have avoided when said bloodshed was manifested in the Civil 
War.

Is Wilson therefore a follower of "situational" ethics?

Please Tom, do explain what "situational ethics" is, in terms of Wilson's 
beliefs, which you appeared to claim to understand. 
Or maybe we can talk Wilson just once into coming back to V2020 to clarify, 
if this is possible, his apparent endorsement of "situational" ethics, whatever 
that is.

Ethical belief systems are one of the most passionate subjects about which it 
appears people have done the least amount of study or critical thinking.  The 
average sports fan spends more time analyzing the merits and defects of their 
favorite players and teams than they do puzzling out the ethical quandaries 
in the death penalty, for example, or the theoretical basis for revealed 
absolutist ethical systems such as Doug Wilson's form of Trinitarian Christianity.  
And God revealed absolutist ethical systems are the kind of ethical system 
that 90% of the world believes in.

The prevailing mentality on ethics appear to be summed up in the assertion 
"Don't confuse me with the facts, my minds made up."

Ted

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 Tom et. al.
 
 And what is "situational ethics?" &nbsp;
 
 Even an ethical absolutist like Wilson will argue that killing is absolu=
tely wrong, except if the death penalty is warranted, depending on the "situ=
ation," in which case then execution is biblically justified, is "absolutely=
" moral. &nbsp;Slavery is also morally wrong, according to the statements of=
 the same Doug Wilson, except in certain historical "situations" where the b=
enevolent Christian slave owner may be doing his Christian duty in owing sla=
ves till the whole mess can be straightened out with the least bloodshed, wh=
ich is what Wilson says he would rather have avoided when said bloodshed was=
 manifested in the Civil War.
 
 Is Wilson therefore a follower of "situational" ethics?
 
 Please Tom, do explain what "situational ethics" is, in terms of Wilson'=
s beliefs, which you appeared to claim to understand.=20
 Or maybe we can talk Wilson just once into coming back to V2020 to clari=
fy, if this is possible, his apparent endorsement of "situational" ethics, w=
hatever that is.
 
 Ethical belief systems are one of the most passionate subjects about whi=
ch it appears people have done the least amount of study or critical thinkin=
g. &nbsp;The average sports fan spends more time analyzing the merits and de=
fects of their favorite players and teams than they do puzzling out the ethi=
cal quandaries in the death penalty, for example, or the theoretical basis f=
or revealed absolutist ethical systems such as Doug Wilson's form of Trinita=
rian Christianity. &nbsp;And God revealed absolutist ethical systems are the=
 kind of ethical system that 90% of the world believes in.
 
 The prevailing mentality on ethics appear to be summed up in the asserti=
on "Don't confuse me with the facts, my minds made up."
 
 Ted
 
 
 
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