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Published January 1, 2015 | Version v1
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Ethics as a Moral Philosophy

  • 1. Trinity Graduate School of Apologetics and Theology

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We live in a time marked by "culture war". Having lost a dominant moral consensus, we are struggling in our courts, voting booths, and even in our churches to resolve the difficult moral issues that are separating us. Many have decided that the answer is tolerance, open-mindedness and mutual respect. While others are convinced that there is time "to be our brother's keeper". They are certain that we cannot afford to merely abandon the moral values of the past and act as if it doesn't matter what we believe about God, sexual choices, or the life of an unborn child (Martin R. De Haan II), believing that the Bible gives profound insights into difficult issues. At this juncture, one may ask, is it Right or Wrong? This is a case for moral absolutes. In 1903 Mark Twain wrote A New Crime, in which he described a series of murders in which wealthy offenders were found innocent by reason of insanity. Twain's essay concludes that, "insanity certainly is on the increase in the world, and crime is dying out. There are no longer any murders-none worth mentioning, at any rate. Formerly, if you killed a man, it was possible that you were insane-but now, if you, having friends and money, kill a man, it is evidence that you are not responsible." The interpretation is that, our legal system is now in a dilemma. If moral responsibility is, in part, a state of mind, who can say whether a person who commits a crime of passion should be held legally responsible? "What we want now is not laws against crime but a law against insanity. There is where the true lie"-Mark Twain Today's legal system is faced with more difficult problems. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

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