URL: http://christiantheology.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/gods-moral-law-and-absolutism-introducti...

Summary:
What do you do when it seems you have to choose between two sins? For instance the midwives in the old testament, do they lie and say the that Jewish women have their babies to quickly to kill them, or do they tell them the truth and put both themselves and the babies in danger (see Exodus chapter 1)? In this case they lied and God commends them for it. With my next few posts I hope to do my best to discuss some ethical theory surrounding God’s moral law and absolutism. The book covers you will see in these posts are books I’ve read that have helped me come to the limited understanding that I have of this topic.

When studying ethics we encounter many different theories. Such as utilitarian ethics, virtue based ethics, and deontological ethics.

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Tags: Ethics, Moral Absolutism, God's Law, Moral Law