Exceptions in Absolute Moral Norms with Reference to John 8:1-9
The experience of life points to the fact that there are absolute moral laws, which specify that there are moral regulations that do not admit exceptions. Although this seems to be the case, one still wonders, which human situation does not allow any exception. The fact i...
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2011
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Annali di studi religiosi
Year: 2011, Volume: 12, Pages: 229-241 |
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| Summary: | The experience of life points to the fact that there are absolute moral laws, which specify that there are moral regulations that do not admit exceptions. Although this seems to be the case, one still wonders, which human situation does not allow any exception. The fact is that human beings are fi nite beings operating in time and space, however, the urge for sameness in all cases, which is a mark of absoluteness, seems necessary. Anthropologically, the absoluteness of norms still needs to be properly articulated in relation to concrete cases. On the strength of what may be called authentic-moral-rectitude, one is compelled to appreciate the way Jesus Christ handled most of the issues that confronted him during his ministry, when the well-being of an individual was at stake. Although He came to abolish neither the law nor the prophets, He did not just follow the status quo. The question is whether He presents us with a noble and humane morality, a morality that seeks the mind of God and takes the real circumstances of an individual into consideration over and above human-operative norms as in the stoning to death of someone who commits adultery. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-3892 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di studi religiosi
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