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The Christian belief and my belief is that this is where the Holy Spirit will guide our actions. If we submit to God, His Spirit will guide our actions and even in a horrible situation the outcome will be good. Someone who relies on their own moral compass will undoubtably make wrong decisions that might result in further harm. This is why the belief that there is a correct action for every situation is important, however, the correct action can only come from God.
You don't have to agree with this, just try to understand.
No. It is the other way round.
A child will reject parents when he find a good reason to do so.
The burden is on the child, not on parents.
I believe morality comes from God and that morality is objective. My hope is that my personal moral compass is inline with God's objective morality and I ask God to help me to do the right thing everyday.
As Christians our hope and prayer is that God would guide us in all we do. It's all about trusting in God with our lives and not trusting ourselves. Sorry if this answer is too vague for you.
If I feel guilt after doing something that I didn't think was wrong at the time then I know it was actually wrong in God's view. I then honestly repent and move on.
If I feel blessed after doing something that I didn't think was good at the time, (maybe it just came naturally) then I know it was good in God's view.
Often the feeling of guilt or blessing comes after reading Gods word, where He's placing something on my heart in order to refine me.
These feelings are reliable because you can't fake the feeling of guilt and you can't fake the feeling of being blessed.
If one never feels guilt or blessing then it might mean they are far from God. It might take a tragedy in their life to wake them up and bring them closer to God.
I don't know how prevalent it is; as someone raised Catholic myself, I can recall a few times where what the monks (supposedly God's representatives) did or told us conflicted gut-wrenchingly with what I thought was fair, right, and just. Monks and priests are human and can make mistakes, but ISTR the Bible has some instances of God's direct commands having the same effect......If those errors are avoided then I'm not convinced that the problem is nearly as prevalent as you say.
Agent-relative consequentialism?... for both Aristotle and the Church the good life is objective and the search for happiness is not a relativistic affair. A human person must therefore shape themselves to achieve the end of happiness just as an athlete must shape themselves to achieve their end of excellence.
Nuh-uh; he asked, "When has it done something...", which is the past tense, not the future tense you answered with. [/pedant]I did answer the question. You asked "When" and I told you when.
I can recall a few times where what the monks (supposedly God's representatives) did or told us conflicted gut-wrenchingly with what I thought was fair, right, and just.
I don't know how prevalent it is; as someone raised Catholic myself, I can recall a few times where what the monks (supposedly God's representatives) did or told us conflicted gut-wrenchingly with what I thought was fair, right, and just. Monks and priests are human and can make mistakes, but ISTR the Bible has some instances of God's direct commands having the same effect...
Agent-relative consequentialism?
I truly hope you don't believe this.
The parent is ALWAYS responsible for the actions of a child. Children are blameless. I find it incredibly disturbing that there are adults out there who would blame a child for their own failings.
Children are innocent and should be taught to obey their parents, good ones or bad ones. Children can run away from bad parents. But children should never deny or turn back to their parents.
The burden of maintaining the relationship is on children, not on parents.
Children are clean, blank slates. If they turn on us, it's because we taught them to.
That's an interesting point. When reason and conscience conflict there's likely to be cognitive dissonance - and if one's adopted moral philosophy suggests a third direction, it's no wonder we get confused... Perhaps this is one reason why we can be comfortable despite holding conflicting beliefs - as long as you don't focus on the conflict, everything is fine.Much of this has to do with how one understands conscience. The tradition I'm familiar with understands it primarily as a kind of habitual rational accumulation, almost like a virtue or at least a habitus. Supposing this is so, reason is in some sense sovereign over conscience, shaping and even correcting it in certain circumstances. I think most have had the experience of doing something they believe is right even when their "gut" tells them otherwise.
Yes, well put. It just put me in mind of the difficulties utilitarians have had in defining 'the sum of human happiness' and squaring that with with the less desirable consequences of attempting that goal.We were made to flourish, for happiness, but you know as well as I that Aristotle does not conflate happiness with pleasure. Happiness is found in possessing the good; pleasure is just an effect flowing from that possession. The same basic fact emerges from both virtue ethics and evolutionary biology.
That's an interesting point. When reason and conscience conflict there's likely to be cognitive dissonance - and if one's adopted moral philosophy suggests a third direction, it's no wonder we get confused... Perhaps this is one reason why we can be comfortable despite holding conflicting beliefs - as long as you don't focus on the conflict, everything is fine.
Yes, well put. It just put me in mind of the difficulties utilitarians have had in defining 'the sum of human happiness' and squaring that with with the less desirable consequences of attempting that goal.
Yes.
No. You do not tell you children that. You tell them to obey you.
If they do not, that is what they want to do.
I will say it anyway.Sorry, you don´t get to tell me what I would do.
Rubbish. Children need only be made to 'obey' parents up until around the age of reason. If you've raised them properly they will WANT to obey you after that, but will only do so if you've acquitted yourself well and have earned their respect (by respecting them). If they reject you, it's for a REASON, and you provided that reason. You also raised a child prepared to reject a parent. Both point squarely at YOU.
You seem to think children are lesser beings, and the relationship with them is all about master and servant. I'm truly sorry for you.
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