Esolving Problems on behalf of the following terms - Utilitarianism, Situation Ethics, Secularisation, and Natural LawFirst Issue - War with Iraq

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Lok-Ting Lui                        29/04/07

Resolving Problems on behalf of the following terms:

Utilitarianism, Situation Ethics, Secularisation,

and Natural Law

First Issue – War with Iraq:

                A person with great utilitarianism would suggest that; the consequences of the war is more important and should be considered first even before the motive and the morality of the action. So he/she would say that the consequences of the war would be sinister and dreadful; it achieves little while destroying God’s creations – lives, therefore they would agree that the action – ‘war with Iraq’ is morally wrong and should not be carried out.

                Similarly, a person who has dedicated their minds and thinking towards the theory of Situation Ethics, would say that the action is ‘morally right’ if it shows Christian love. They would similarly agree that war on Iraq is obviously wrong; because killing thousands and millions of people surely does not show any Christian love at all no matter what wonderful consequences is resulted from that action, it is still morally wrong.

                Quite differently, a person who agrees with Secularisation would only base his ideas and opinions on the law of the country, he/she is not religious and will not follow religious teachings; therefore his/her view-points might be that a war should be carried out for the country’s benefits, and that it is worth sacrificing all those lives for the country’s good; therefore he would agree that a war should be carried out against Iraq. (Note that he is only making a comment based on the benefits of the country, nothing else.)

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                Natural Law is the law of nature, it is almost created by God. The Ten Commandments are involved and these laws govern the routine of nature. A person who believes in these laws would definitely feel and agree that a war should not be declared on Iraq because it simply affects the normal routine in nature! Those people in Iraq would be living and following the rule of nature but if war is declared; people slaughtered, there is a disturbance in nature; therefore breaking the ‘Natural Laws’ and therefore it is morally wrong and it is against God.

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