4.) the challenges presented by relativistic approaches in ethics for the Christian and their response.
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What is Ethical Relativism?
It denies the existence of universal moral truths.
What are the two categories of Ethical Relativism?
Subjectivism (morality as individual preference) and Conventionalism (morality defined by societal norms).
What is Subjectivism?
The belief that morality is based on individual preference.
What is Conventionalism?
The view that morality is defined by societal or cultural norms through a social contract.
How does Christianity challenge Ethical Relativism?
Through Imago Dei and Natural Moral Law.
What does Imago Dei represent?
The belief in humans created in the 'Image of God,' establishing objective, universal value.
What is Natural Moral Law?
An objective moral order from God, discoverable through reason.
What is the moral vacuum argument (MacIntyre)?
Without objective standards, there's no basis for moral progress.
What are evident evils?
Actions like the Holocaust that Conventionalism cannot condemn if culturally accepted.
Key scholar to quote in this topic is Tyler and Reid (2002)