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Pastoral and Social Ethics

by Dr. John M. Frame

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Students are introduced to terminology, major views, and problems in the study of ethics and to a biblical basis for morality. Basic concerns and current issues in social ethics are covered.

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Theoretical and Practical Ethics

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Warning: This course is deeper than most. The student will not be able to comprehend the content from a casual listening (e.g., while commuting in the car).

I think that a better name for this course would have been “Theoretical and Applied Ethics.” The first half of the course is devoted to a “tri-perspectival” view of ethics and the second half of the course is devoted to the ethical consequences of the Decalogue.

Dr. Frame starts by defining his terms. By “ethics,” he means “what it is you ought to do.” He then explains that he equates theology with teaching. (I never did understand that.)

When Dr. Frame says he takes a “tri-perspectival” approach to ethics, he means that he considers a “normative” view of ethics (i.e., what is a person’s duty), a “situational” view of ethics (i.e., how a person fits into society), and an ”existential” view of ethics (i.e., more or less “virtue”). He argues that no one perspective is adequate in isolation. Thus, a person needs to be able to look at any issue from all three perspectives.

After laying the foundation of these three perspectives of ethics, Dr. Frame does an extensive exegesis of the Ten Commandments. For each commandment, he considers a “narrow” understanding of the commandment (i.e., the immediate and obvious meaning) and also a “broad” understanding of the commandment (i.e., the necessary implications and corollaries). He then discusses some contemporary applications such as racism, poverty, abortion, just war, divorce, etc.

While Dr. Frame teaches a tri-perspectival approach to ethics, in practice, he uses just the normative view. For instance, his very definition of ethics (“what it is you ought to do”) is exclusively normative. His exposition of the Ten Commandments is predominantly normative as well.

Dr. Frame’s approach to ethics reflects an American, rugged individual culture. Virtually all of his discussion of ethics focuses on the individual and virtually none of it addresses ethics on a society-wide level. Are ethics on a Church-wide level just the aggregate of the ethics of each individual Christian or are there ethical issues that the Church must address that just don’t apply to a lone individual?

Finally, Dr. Frame addresses a lot of questions by dividing them into three components (e.g., a tri-perspectival approach to ethics). One wonders if this is some sort of natural structure or if it is an artificial Frame-work.

ignorance is not bliss

i was struck to find that the person giving these "lessons" said that only christians have the proper basis to detrrmine what is ethical or "good". wow. so the entire rest of the world except for your one religion has just missed the mark and in order to be "good" one must agree with or become part of your own method of thinking? throughout the ages christianity has tried to dominate morals. it does habe many very good virtues but it is not the "end all be all" that it claims. i personally think many eastern philosophies are much better than the often oppressive and restrictive views and positions of christianity.

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