{"id":4682,"date":"2019-11-29T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/?p=4682"},"modified":"2019-11-29T15:41:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T15:41:55","slug":"word-of-the-day-deontology-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/2019\/11\/29\/word-of-the-day-deontology-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day: Deontology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, a big, fancy philosophy word for today\u2019s Word of the\nDay, this time coming from Word Genius. The website gives two definitions for deontology<\/em>: \u201c1. A theory of ethics that\nestablishes rules of right and wrong actions; 2. The study of determining the\nright way to live life, based on duty and moral obligation.\u201d Dictionary.com\ndefines it as \u201cethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral\nobligation, and right action.\u201d Etymonline.com defines detontology<\/em> as the \u201cscience of moral duty, ethics.\u201d Furthermore, it\nsays that the word came into the language in 1817, \u201cfrom Greek deont<\/em>-, combining form of deon<\/em> \u2018that which is binding, duty\u2019\n(neuter present participle of dei \u2018<\/em>is\nbinding\u2019) + –ology<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is my brother\u2019s birthday\u2014Happy birthday, Bill. But y\u2019all\ndon\u2019t know my brother, so\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is the birthday of C. S. Lewis. Lewis, of course, was\na writer, a literary critic, a scholar, and a Christian apologist. I thought\nthat on this day I would share some quotations from Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince it is so likely that children will meet cruel\nenemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.\u201d \u2013\u201cOn Stories\u201d and Other Essays on Literature<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We tend to think of cruel enemies as people like Darth Vader\nor Adolph Hitler, but cruelty can come from anywhere, our enemy can be anyone.\nSometimes it is someone you work with or work for, someone you thought you could\ntrust, someone who presents a fa\u00e7ade of caring, honesty, and faith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are only two kinds of people: those who say to God,\n\u2018Thy will be done,\u2019 and those to whom God says, \u2018All right, then, have it your\nway.\u2019\u201d\u2014The Great Divorce<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is this: How do you know that what you are doing\nGod\u2019s will or your will? You can check Scripture, but Scripture says a lot of\ndifferent things. More specifically, you should look at the words of Jesus. If\nJesus says, \u201cDon\u2019t judge others,\u201d and you\u2019re judging others, you might be on\nthe wrong track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we\nare making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world.\u201d\u2014Mere Christianity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is really important for those who profess the faith.\nYour behavior will always, eventually, become public, and if that behavior\ncontradicts what we profess, it will allow non-believers to say, \u201cSee those\nChristians! They preach grace and forgiveness and love, but when push comes to\nshove, they act just like everybody else. They say they are about their faith,\nbut their lives are just ruled by business.\u201d If you\u2019re a Christian, and if you\nhave the opportunity to show grace to someone else, do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLove is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the\nloved person\u2019s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.\u201d\u2014God in the Dock<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And whom should we love? In Matthew 5:43-46, Jesus says,\n\u201cYou have heard that it was said, \u2018You shall love your neighbor and hate your\nenemy.\u2019 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute\nyou, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes\nhis sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the\nunjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not\neven the tax collectors do the same?\u201d Sadly, though, there are professed\nChristians who love only those who are like them, especially like them in the\nmanner of belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of\nGod.\u201d\u2014Mere Christianity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, sadly, there are far too many Christians who have\ncome to believe that Jesus became man so that they could become Pharisees,\njudging others according to their own standards instead of to the standards of\nChrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because\nGod has forgiven the inexcusable in you.\u201d\u2014Essays\non Forgiveness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do not know of anything harder than forgiving those who\nhave hurt you except forgiving those who have hurt the people you care about. I\npray that we all might learn how to do that. We have a moral duty to forgive,\nto not judge, to love our neighbors and our enemies. And we have a moral duty\nto encourage and to challenge others to do the same, whether those others are\nchildren, friends, or even college administrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The image is of Lewis at his desk in the Kilns, a desk where\nI have sat, and it is taken from https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/was-cs-lewis-a-libertarian\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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