Hi there.
I have a question that was brought up in my ethics course.
The general principle of those taking this course is that there is a prioritization of the laws of God.
Such as, preservation of life takes priority over the prohibition of theft if one needs to commit theft in order to preserve their own life or those to whom one might owe a responsibility.
I wonder what some of your thoughts might be regarding this method, especially when presented with the following statement:
"Corrie ten Boom was wrong to lie to the Nazis about the Jews she was hiding."
Clearly, falsehood was committed, and yet lives were preserved because of ten Boom's actions.
Would love to get general conversation going about prioritization and suspension of the laws as well!
I have a question that was brought up in my ethics course.
The general principle of those taking this course is that there is a prioritization of the laws of God.
Such as, preservation of life takes priority over the prohibition of theft if one needs to commit theft in order to preserve their own life or those to whom one might owe a responsibility.
I wonder what some of your thoughts might be regarding this method, especially when presented with the following statement:
"Corrie ten Boom was wrong to lie to the Nazis about the Jews she was hiding."
Clearly, falsehood was committed, and yet lives were preserved because of ten Boom's actions.
Would love to get general conversation going about prioritization and suspension of the laws as well!
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