Each response should be at least 150 words. Do you think appeals to the Bible or God's will can be good arguments for ethical views on particular issues? Why or why not? Do you think it's good, or bad

S o, t h ey m ig ht s a y t h in gs l ik e t h is : " T he B ib le s a y s d oin g t h is i s w ro ng, s o i t's w ro ng." " T he B ib le s a y s d oin g t h is i s n ot w ro ng, s o i t's n ot w ro ng." " T he B ib le s a y s w e m ust d o t h is , s o w e a re m ust d o t h is : i t's a n o blig atio n." S om etim es t h ere a re d is a g re em en t a b out w hat t h e B ib le s a y s o r " re ally s a y s" : e .g ., s o m e m ig ht s a y t h at B ib le c le a rly s a ys t h is o r t h at ab out s la v ery , o r h om ose x uality , o r e atin g m eat, o r a b ortio n, o r e u th an asia , o r t h e r o le o f w om en , o r p oly gam y, o r c ap it a lis m , o r b ein g ric h , o r b ein g p oor, o r c ap ita l p unis h m en t, o r w ar, o r v io le n ce, o r a n yth in g e ls e , a n d y ou c an f in d o th er p eo ple w ho d en y t h at, a rg uin g t h at "th e B ib le c le arly s a y s" t h e o pposite .

B ut b ey ond t h at, t h ese a rg um en ts , h ow ev er, a re a ll a lw ay s m is s in g e sse n tia l p re m is e s: s o m e l o gic al " fil lin g i n " i s n ecessa ry t o m ak e t h em lo gic a lly v a lid , o r m ak e s u ch t h at t h e p re m is e s l e ad t o t h e c o nclu sio n. T hese p re m is e s a re t h ese : If t h e B ib le s a ys t h at d oin g s o m eth in g - X - i s w ro ng, t h en d oin g X i s w ro ng.

If t h e B ib le s a ys t h at d oin g s o m eth in g - Y - i s n ot w ro ng, t h en d oin g Y i s n ot w ro ng.

If t h e B ib le s a ys t h at w e m ust s o m eth in g - Z , t h en d oin g Z i s a n o blig atio n: w e m ust d o Z . T he p ro ble m , h ow ev er, i s t h at t h ese p re m is e s a p pear t o b e f a ls e , a n d t h at n obody r e all y b eli e v es t h ese p re m is e s a re l ite ra ll y t r u e a n yw ay.

T his i s b ecau se i t s e em s t h at t h ere a re co u nte re x am ple s fro m t h e B ib le t o s h ow t h at t h ey a re f a ls e . T here a re m an y lis ts o f B ib le v erse s t h at m ak e t h is p oin t: v ario us w ro ng actio ns a re c alle d not w ro ng ; v ario us p erm is sib le actio ns a re c alle d w ro ng , a n d w e a re s a id t o b e o blig ate d to d o t h in gs t h at w e a re n ot o blig ate d t o d o. ( W hat a re g ood v ers e s t h at i llu str a te t h is p oin t? S ee t h at l in k o r b elo w ) W hat's t h e u psh ot? I t's t h at ju st b eca use th e B ib le s a y s a n a ctio n i s w ro ng, t h at d o esn 't m ean i t i s . A nd ju st b eca use th e B ib le s a y s a n actio n i s p erm is sib le , t h at d oesn 't m ean i t i s . A nd ju st b eca use th e B ib le s a y s w e m ust d o s o m eth in g, t h at m ig ht n ot b e s o . S om etim es, h ow ev er, t h e B ib le d oes g iv e v ery g ood, i n deed e x celle n t, m ora l a d vic e: e .g ., t o l o ve y our n eig hbor a s y ours e lf . T his is g ood a d vic e, b ut t h e s e co nd u psh ot o f t h e d is c u ssio n a b ove i s t h at t h is i s g ood a d vic e n ot ju st b eca use th e B ib le s a y s s o . L ik e e v ery th in g e ls e , t h ere m ust b e g ood r e a so ns w hy s o m eth in g i s t h e c ase . G iv en t h at, w hat a re t h e g ood r e aso ns w hy w e s h ould l o ve o ur n eig hbors a s o urs e lv es?

A nd w hat a re o th er m ora l g uid elin es - p artic u la r v ers e s a n d g en era l t h em es - f ro m t h e B ib le , a n d anyw here e ls e , t h at w e h av e g ood re aso ns t o a ccep t, a n d w hic h d o w e h av e g ood r e aso ns t o r e je ct? W hy?

(N ote : t h ere i s a n oth er t y pe o f " re lig io us" m ora l a rg um en t t h at a p peals n ot t o t h e B ib le , b ut t o G od's c o m mands o r G od's w ill . S o, t h e cla im i s t h at if G od c o m mands d oin g s o m eth in g, w e m ust d o w hat G od c o m mands . T his i s w hat's c alle d " th e d iv in e c o m man d t h eo ry " o f eth ic s: w hat m akes , s a y, w ro ng a ctio ns w ro ng i s t h at G od c o m m an ds t h at w e d on't d o t h em . A c o m mon r e sp onse , e v er s in ce S ocra te s, i s t h e " E uth yphro D ile m ma" ( n am ed t h at b ecau se t h e r e aso nin g w as d ev elo ped b y S ocra te s i n c o nvers a tio n w ith s o m eo ne n am ed E uth yphro ): 1 . E ith er t h ere a re re a so n s w hy G od w ould c o m man d u s t o d o s o m eth in g, o r t h ere a re n ot r e a so n s w hy G od c o m man ds u s t o d o s o m eth in g. ( E .g ., G od w ould h av e re a so ns to c o m man d u s t o n ot, e .g ., k ic k b ab ie s f o r f u n). 2 . I f t h ere a re n ot r e a so n s , t h en t h e c o m man d i s a rb itr a ry a n d r a n d om . ( A nd s o t h at's n ot c o rre ct: a c o m man d t o n ot k ic k b ab ie s w ould n ot b e a rb itr a ry a n d r a n dom ).

3 . B ut i f t h ere a re re a so n s , t h en t h ose r e aso ns a re w hat m ak e t h e a ctio n w ro ng, n ot G od's c o m man ds. ( S o, e .g ., t h ere a re K an tia n o r c o nse q uen tia lis t o r R aw lia n r e aso ns t o o ppose k ic k in g b ab ie s.) " 1 000-W ord P hilo so phy" "E ngag ed P hilo so phy" I n t A cad em ia .e d u A tla n ta U niv ers ity C en te r G oogle S ch ola r R ese arc h G ate PUBLICA TIONS, ETC.

nath an. no bis@ gm ail .co 4 0 4-4 8 0 -2 717 ( tex t f ir st CONT ACT Nam e Em ail * M essa g e * Send CONT ACT VIA WEB FOR "WHY WRITING BETTER YOU A BETTER PERSON OF HIGHER EDUCA TION 1000-WORD PHILOSOPH More [email protected] New Po 7/13/2021 Nathan Nobis, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor and More: Moral Arguments from the Bible https://www.nathannobis.com/2020/09/moral-arguments-from-bible.html 2/5 And s o i t a p pears t h at D iv in e C om man d T heo ry i s n ot a c o rre ct m ora l t h eo ry . F or m ore d is c u ssio n, s e e “Because God says so: on Divine Command Theory . ”) On Punishing ‘Immorality’ Lev it ic us  2 0:9 If a n yo ne c u rs e s h is f a th er o r m oth er, h e m ust b e p ut t o d eath . 20:1 0 If a m an co m mit s ad ult e ry w it h an oth er m an ’s w if e — w it h th e w if e o f h is n eig h bor— b oth t h e a d ult e re r a n d t h e a d ult e re ss m ust b e p ut t o d eath . 20:1 3 If a m an li e s w it h a m an a s o ne lie s w it h a w om an , b oth o f th em h av e d o ne w hat is d ete sta b le . T hey m ust b e p ut t o d eath . D eut er onom y  2 2:2 0-1 If , h ow ev er, t h e c h arg e is t r u e a n d n o p ro of o f t h e g ir l’s v ir g in it y c an b e f o un d, sh e s h all b e b ro ugh t t o t h e d o or o f h er f a th er’s h ouse a n d t h ere t h e m en o f h er to w n sh all sto ne h er to d eath . S h e h as d o ne a d is g ra c efu l th in g in Is ra e l b y b ein g p ro m is c u o us w hile s till in h er f a th er’s h ouse . E xod us  35:2 F or s ix d ay s, w ork is to b e d o ne, b ut th e s e v en th d ay s h all b e y o ur h oly d ay, a S ab bath o f re st to th e L OR D. W hoev er d o es a n y w ork o n it m ust b e p ut to d eath . On Destroying Other People D eut er onom y  7 :1 -2 W hen th e L ord y o ur G od b rin gs y o u in to th e la n d y o u a re e n te rin g to p osse ss a n d dri ves o ut b efo re y o u m an y n atio ns .  .  . t h en y o u m ust d estr o y t h em t o ta lly .

M ak e n o t r e aty w it h t h em , a n d s h ow t h em n o m erc y. 2 0:1 0-1 7 W hen y o u m arc h u p to a tta ck a c it y , m ak e it s p eo ple a n o ffe r o f p eac e. If th ey ac ce p t a n d o pen th eir g ate s, a ll th e p eo ple in it s h all b e s u b je ct to f o rc ed la b or an d s h all w ork fo r y o u. If th ey re fu se to m ak e p eac e a n d th ey e n gag e y o u in b attle , la y s ie g e t o t h at c it y . W hen t h e L ord y o ur G od d eliv ers it in to y o ur h an d, p ut t o t h e s w ord a ll t h e m en in it . A s f o r t h e w om en , t h e c h ild re n , t h e liv esto ck a n d e v ery th in g e ls e in t h e c it y , y o u m ay t a k e t h ese a s p lu n der f o r y o urs e lv es. .  .  .

T his is h ow y o u a re t o t r e at a ll t h e c it ie s t h at a re a t a d is ta n ce f r o m y o u a n d d o n ot b elo ng t o t h e n atio ns n earb y.

      H ow ev er, in t h e c it ie s o f t h e n atio ns t h e L ord y o ur G od is g iv in g y o u a s a n in herit a n ce, d o n ot le av e a liv e a n yth in g th at b re ath es. C om ple te ly d estr o y th em — th e H it tit e s, A m orit e s, C an aan it e s, P erizz it e s, H iv it e s a n d Je b usit e s— a s th e L ord y o ur G od h as c o m man ded y o u. On the Evil of Biblical Law E zek ie l  2 0:2 5-2 6 I als o g av e th em o ver to s ta tu te s th at w ere n ot g o od a n d la w s th ey c o uld n ot liv e b y; I le t th em b eco m e d efile d th ro ugh th eir g if ts — th e sa c rif ic e o f e v ery fir s tb orn — th at I m ig h t f ill t h em w it h h orro r s o t h ey w ould k n ow t h at I am t h e L OR D. B ib le Qu ote s Edit e d w it h a n   in tr o ductio n  b y M ic h ae l H uem er. T ra n sla tio n: N ew In te rn atio nal V ers io n. ( C om pare :  E SV , K JV .) H ap pin ess: W hat i s i t t o b A re W e A nim als ? A nim al Id en tity E th ic s a n d A bso lu te P ove an d E ff e ctiv e A ltr u is m F orm al L ogic : S ym boliz in S en te n tia l L ogic M oore ’s P ro of o f a n E xte r R esp ondin g t o E xte rn al W RECENT ARTICLES @ 1 PHILOSOPHY T hin kin g C ritic ally A bout THINKING CRITICALL Y A ABORTION Mis c arria g e & am p; A bort w ith S upport, R esp ondin g or B oth ?

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n am e i s r a cis t." T han k y ou n ote s, a g ain !

R esp onse t o K atie Y oder’ S ay s ‘ P ro -C hoic e E th ic s’ Is n ’t M urd er.” W hy t h e c ase a g ain st a b or eth ic ally s p eak in g "THINKING CRITICALL Y ABORTION" BLOG CHIMPANZEE RIGHTS: T PHILOSOPHERS' BRIEF 7/13/2021 Nathan Nobis, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor and More: Moral Arguments from the Bible https://www.nathannobis.com/2020/09/moral-arguments-from-bible.html 3/5 On Slavery & Subjugation of W omen Eph esia ns  5 :2 2-2 4 W iv es, s u b m it t o y o ur h usb an ds a s t o t h e L ord . F or t h e h usb an d is t h e h ead o f th e w if e a s C hris t is t h e h ead o f t h e c h urc h , h is b ody, o f w hic h h e is t h e S av io r.

N ow as th e ch urc h su b m it s to C hris t, so als o w iv es sh ould su b m it to th eir h usb an ds in e v ery th in g. E xod us  2 1:2 0-2 1 If a m an b eats h is m ale o r f e m ale s la v e w it h a r o d a n d t h e s la v e d ie s a s a d ir e ct re su lt , h e m ust b e p un is h ed , b ut h e is n ot to b e p un is h ed if th e s la v e g ets u p afte r a d ay o r t w o, s in ce t h e s la v e is h is p ro p erty . 1 P ete r  2 :1 3 S u b m it y o urs e lv es f o r t h e L ord ’s s a k e t o e v ery a u th orit y in stit u te d a m ong m en . 2:1 8 S la v es, su b m it y o urs e lv es to y o ur m aste rs w it h a ll re sp ect, n ot o nly to th ose w ho a re g o od a n d c o nsid era te , b ut a ls o t o t h ose w ho a re h ars h . L ev it ic us  2 5:4 4-4 5 Y our m ale a n d fe m ale s la v es a re to c o m e fr o m th e n atio ns a ro un d y o u; fr o m th em y o u m ay b uy s la v es. Y ou m ay a ls o b uy s o m e o f th e te m pora ry re sid en ts liv in g a m ong y o u a n d m em bers o f th eir c la n s b orn in y o ur c o un tr y, a n d th ey w ill b eco m e y o ur p ro perty . Jesus, on His Second Coming M atth ew  2 4:2 9-3 4 [T ]h e s u n w ill b e d ark en ed , a n d th e m oon w ill n ot g iv e it s lig h t; th e s ta rs w ill f a ll f r o m th e s k y, a n d th e h eav en ly b odie s w ill b e s h ak en . .  .  . T hey w ill s e e th e So n o f M an c o m in g o n t h e c lo ud s o f t h e s k y, w it h p ow er a n d g re at g lo ry. .  .  . I t e ll y o u th e tr u th ,  t h is gene ra tion will ce r ta inl y not p ass a w ay unt il a ll th ese th ing s h a ve h appene d.  [ E m phasis a d ded .] 1 6:2 7-2 8 F or th e S o n o f M an is g o in g to c o m e in h is F ath er’s g lo ry w it h h is a n gels , a n d th en h e w ill r e w ard e ach p ers o n a c co rd in g to w hat h e h as d o ne. I te ll y o u th e tr u th , s o m e w ho a re s ta n din g h ere w ill n ot ta ste d eath b efo re th ey s e e th e S o n o f M an c o m in g in h is k in gd o m . Scientific Errors (1 ) R ab bit s d o n’t c h ew c u d . D eut er onom y  1 4:6 -7 Y ou m ay e at a n y a n im al t h at h as a s p lit h o of d iv id ed in t w o a n d t h at c h ew s t h e cu d . H ow ev er, o f th ose th at c h ew th e c u d o r th at h av e a s p lit h oof c o m ple te ly d iv id ed y o u m ay n ot e at t h e c am el, t h e r a b bit , o r t h e c o ney. (2 ) N o in se cts ( in clu d in g g ra ssh oppers ) a re 4 -le g ged . L ev it ic us  1 1:2 0-2 2 A ll f ly in g in se cts th at w alk o n a ll fo urs a re to b e d ete sta b le to y o u. T here a re , h ow ev er, s o m e w in ged c re atu re s th at w alk o n a ll f o urs th at y o u m ay e at: th ose th at h av e jo in te d le g s fo r h oppin g o n th e g ro un d. Of th ese y o u m ay e at a n y kin d o f lo cu st, k aty d id , c ric k et o r g ra ssh opper. (3 ) T his is o nly p ossib le o n a f la t e arth . M atth ew  4 :8 A gain th e d ev il to ok h im to a v ery h ig h m oun ta in an d sh ow ed h im all th e kin gd o m s o f t h e w orld a n d t h eir s p le n do r.

(4 )  p i d o es n ot = 3 . 1 K ing s  7 :2 3 H e m ad e t h e S ea o f c ast m eta l, c ir c u la r in s h ap e, m easu rin g t e n c u b it s f r o m r im t o r im .  .  . It t o ok a lin e o f t h ir ty c u b it s t o m easu re a ro un d it . (5 ) T he e arth m oves. It d o es n ot h av e a f o un datio n.

P sa lm s  1 04:5 H e s e t t h e e arth o n it s f o un datio ns; it c an n ev er b e m oved . Selected Contradictions ANIMALS & ETHICS 101 REAL LIFE: THIS IS NOT PERSONAL FINANCE FO ADUL TS (PAPERBACK) REAL LIFE: THIS IS NOT PERSONAL FINANCE FO ADUL TS (KINDLE) 7/13/2021 Nathan Nobis, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor and More: Moral Arguments from the Bible https://www.nathannobis.com/2020/09/moral-arguments-from-bible.html 4/5 Lab els : e th ic s (1 ) 2 K ing s  2 :1 1 A s th ey w ere w alk in g a lo ng a n d ta lk in g to geth er, s u d den ly a c h ario t o f f ir e a n d hors e s o f fir e a p peare d a n d s e p ara te d th e tw o o f th em , a n d E lija h w en t u p to h eav en in a w hir lw in d. Joh n  3 :1 3 N o o ne h as e v er g o ne in to h eav en e x ce p t t h e o ne w ho c am e f r o m h eav en — th e So n o f M an . (2 ) Num ber s  2 3:1 9 G od is n ot a m an , th at h e s h ould lie , n or a s o n o f m an , th at h e s h ould c h an ge h is m in d. E xod us  3 2:1 4 T hen th e L ord re le n te d a n d d id n ot b rin g o n h is p eo ple th e d is a ste r h e h ad th re ate n ed . (3 ) E ph esia ns  2 :8 -9 F or it is b y g ra c e y o u h av e b een s a v ed , t h ro ugh f a it h .  .  . n ot b y w ork s. Ja m es  2 :1 4-1 7 W hat g o od is it , m y b ro th ers , if a m an c la im s to h av e fa it h b ut h as n o d eed s?

C an s u ch f a it h s a v e h im ? .  .  . F ait h b y it s e lf , if it is n ot a c co m pan ie d b y a c tio n, is d ead . R ev ela tion   2 2:1 2 B eh old , I am c o m in g s o on! M y r e w ard is w it h m e, a n d I will g iv e to e v ery o ne ac co rd in g t o w hat h e h as d o ne.

(4 ) ( J e su s s p eak in g) M atth ew  5 :1 6 L et y o ur lig h t s h in e b efo re m en , th at th ey m ay s e e y o ur g o od d eed s a n d p ra is e y o ur f a th er in h eav en . M atth ew  6 :1 B e c are fu l n ot to d o y o ur ‘a c ts o f rig h te o usn ess’ b efo re m en , to b e se en b y th em .

(5 ) ( J e su s s p eak in g) Joh n  1 4:2 7 P eac e I le av e w it h y o u; m y p eac e I giv e y o u. M atth ew  1 0:3 4 D o n o t s u p pose t h at I hav e c o m e t o b rin g p eac e t o t h e e arth . I did n ot c o m e t o b rin g p eac e, b ut a s w ord . (6 ) G ene sis   3 2:3 0 S o Ja c o b c alle d th e p la c e P en ie l, s a y in g, “ It is b ecau se I sa w G od f a c e to f a c e, a n d m y lif e w as p re se rv ed .” E xod us  3 3:1 1 T he L ord w ould s p eak t o M ose s f a c e t o f a c e, a s a m an s p eak s w it h h is f r ie n d. Joh n  1 :1 8 N o o ne h as e v er s e en G od.

(7 ) ( J e su s s p eak in g) Joh n  5 :3 1 If I te stif y a b out m yse lf , m y t e stim ony is n o t v alid . Joh n  8 :1 4 E ven if I te stif y o n m y o w n b eh alf , m y t e stim ony is v alid . Sign out Notify me Comment as: Nathan Nobis ( PublishPublish PreviewPreview Enter your comment...

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