Biblical Situation Ethics
BIBLICAL SITUATION ETHICS
by Vernon D Cook
1. THE BASIC QUESTION
2. UNQUALIFIED ABSOLUTISM
3. CONFLICTING ABSOLUTISM
4. GRADED ABSOLUTISM
5. SCRIPTURAL SUPPORT FOR GRADED ABSOLUTISM
6. SITULATION ETHICS
7. SITUATION ETHICS: THE NEW MORALITY
8. THE GENERAL POSITION OF SITUATION ETHICS.
9. PARTICULAR EXPOSITIONS OF SITUATION ETHICS.
10. VALUES IN SITUATION ETHICS.
11. DISVALUES IN SITUATION ETHICS.
12. CONCLUSION
THE BASIC QUESTION
Christians find themselves living in a society that all too often endorses moral relativism and postmodern thought under the pretext of “promoting tolerance.” Moreover, Christians themselves seem divided over why and how they are to be moral. While no one denies the presence of a “Law of Nature” – an inner feeling or impulse by which to judge actions as right or wrong –......
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