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Originally posted by OldThinker
reply to post by blupblup
blupblup,
Very perceptive responses!!!
Thx for stopping in...
OT
PS: We've come a long way huh?
Originally posted by OldThinker
1) What would you do?
2) Why? Are you justified?
3) Isn't stealing a sin? always? maybe not?
4) Does LIFE trump everything else?
5) What would the Good Samaritan do?
6) What would Martin Luther King do?
7) Is sin really relative?
Have you read the Bible, in James 2:25? It says, "In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?"
How was she 'justified'???? By LYING? hmmm???
Thoughts?
OT
Thank you in advance for replying!
[edit on 22-10-2009 by OldThinker]
Originally posted by EMPIRE
Went through this in one my philosphy classes. I'll address it the same way I did then: What is moral/morality?
Originally posted by 911Liar
reply to post by OldThinker
1) What would you do? Steal it and beat the Pharmacist.
2) Why? Are you justified? To save my wife. Sure
3) Isn't stealing a sin? always? maybe not? Yes, Yes
4) Does LIFE trump everything else? No
5) What would the Good Samaritan do? He would not steal
6) What would Martin Luther King do? Sleep with my wife.
7) Is sin really relative? In Gods eyes no.. in mans eyes yes
Originally posted by whitewave
Well, at the risk of being the odd one out, I would NOT steal the drug.
I've seen Yahweh work too many miracles in my life to stop trusting Him for the big stuff.
Originally posted by HappilyEverAfter
I would offer him the money I have raised as an investment for him to buy more radium to produce more of the drug allowing him to make even more money, if that was not accepted, I'd no doubt steal it, but later on anonymously pay my bill.
seriously thats what I'd do
Originally posted by EMPIRE
reply to post by OldThinker
He said, "Thats a good question anyone else care to respond?", and couple of people raised their hands and offered their opinion.
Originally posted by OldThinker
1) What would you do?
2) Why? Are you justified?
3) Isn't stealing a sin? always? maybe not?
4) Does LIFE trump everything else?
5) What would the Good Samaritan do?
6) What would Martin Luther King do?
7) Is sin really relative?
[edit on 22-10-2009 by OldThinker]
Originally posted by OldThinker
1) What would you do?
2) Why? Are you justified?
3) Isn't stealing a sin? always? maybe not?
4) Does LIFE trump everything else?
5) What would the Good Samaritan do?
6) What would Martin Luther King do?
7) Is sin really relative?
[edit on 22-10-2009 by OldThinker]
Originally posted by mblahnikluver
....6. Really what would MLK do? Thats out of nowhere..lol I think he would do the same as Mr. Heinz.
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more, IF.......... ur ready? faculty.plts.edu...
Theoretically, one issue that distinguishes stage 5 from stage 6 is civil disobedience. Stage 5 would be more hesitant to endorse civil disobedience because of its commitment to the social contract and to changing laws through democratic agreements. Only when an individual right is clearly at stake does violating the law seem justified. At stage 6, in contrast, a commitment to justice makes the rationale for civil disobedience stronger and broader. Martin Luther King, for example, argued that laws are only valid insofar as they are grounded in justice, and that a commitment to justice carries with it an obligation to disobey unjust laws. King also recognized, of course, the general need for laws and democratic processes (stages 4 and 5), and he was therefore willing to accept the penalities for his actions. Nevertheless, he believed that the higher principle of justice required civil disobedience (Kohlberg, 198 1, p. 43).