GENE 250 Week 8 Discussion

GENE 250 Week 8 Discussion | regent-university

•             Question 1                

                Grudem argues _____________. (Ch12, “Lying and Telling the Truth”)

               a. there are many ways to mislead someone that do not fall under the definition of lying.

                b. all lying is wrong because lies deceive people.

                c. deception is always wrong.

                d.  there is no morally relevant difference between intentionally misleading someone with words and deceiving someone in action.

•             Question 2               

                Grudem suggests that when we are questioned by Nazis or others seeking to destroy innocent human life, ______________ . (Ch12, “Lying and Telling the Truth”)                                              

                a. we should either tell them the truth, be silent, or refuse to cooperate with them.

                b. we have no moral obligation whatsoever to be truthful to them.

                c.  deception is always wrong.

                d. there is no morally relevant difference between intentionally misleading someone with words and deceiving someone in action.

•             Question 3               

                According to Grudem, plagiarism is _______________. (Ch12, “Lying and Telling the Truth”)                                     

                a. sometimes morally justifiable.

                b. a form of lying.

                c. a false claim, but plagiarism is not, strictly speaking, a lie.

                d. wrong because it is a nonverbal act intended to mislead or deceive someone.                                               

•             Question 4                

                What does Augustine say is the courageous way to answer questioners who are seeking to kill an innocent person (eg. murderers) if they ask whether or not the innocent person, whom you are hiding, is in your home? (On Lying)                                  

             a.  “I know where he is, but I will not disclose it.”

              b.  “I will never betray nor lie.”

              c. Give them his location (eg. “He is under the table”).

              d. Remain silent.

•             Question 5               

              Augustine says that while all lies are wrong, ____________. (On Lying)                                               

             a. lies of the “first type” are more severe than the “eighth type.”

             b. it may sometimes be a sin not to lie.

             c. lies of the “eighth type” are more severe than the “first type.”

             d. not all lies are sinful.

•             Question 6                

               According to Bonhoeffer, _______________. (“Bonhoeffer” in Lying and Christian Ethics)                                         

               a. remaining obedient to the “moral absolutes” of the Moral Law, such as the negative command ‘never lie,’ protects us against moral dilemmas.

                b. the 9th commandment does not prohibit all lies; it only prohibits false witness.

                c. it is always wrong to lie, but sometimes the reality of the world makes it necessary to lie and bear this guilt for charity’s sake.

                d. it may sometimes be a sin not to lie.

•             Question 7                

                The point Ryken seems to be making about the evil of covetousness is that ________________. (C13, “Being Content”)                                           

                a. it leads us to commit other, outward sins.

                b. it causes us to say things we don’t mean to say because it is very difficult to hide the desires of our hearts.

                c. it is a bland, throw-away sin.

                d. it causes psychological problems, such as depression.

•             Question 8                

               Aquinas says _______________. (Summa Theologiae II-II q.32 a.3-4)                                   

              a. hatred of any kind is always a sin.

              b. it is okay for nonbelievers to hate their enemies.

              c. that to hate someone is sometimes not sinful.

              d.  it is permissible to hate the sin in one’s neighbor, but it is never morally permissible to hate the person himself.

•             Question 9                

                In the “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor _________.                                          

                a. in the end regrets murdering of his arch-enemy, Fortunado.

                b. carefully plans his revenge so that no one will discover his crime, and it seems that he is successful.

                c. carefully plans his revenge so that no one will discover his crime, but the author suggests that his servants know his secret.

                d. is not concerned about whether or not his crime will be discovered.

•             Question 10                

                In the chapter from his book Strength to Love entitled “Loving Your Enemies," which of the following does Martin Luther King Jr. not say about hate?                                       

               a. We must tolerate the hatred of others because hatred is part of our fallen human nature. Humans are slaves to sin, so the reality of the world is such that hatred will always be present among us.

               b. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.

               c. We should love the person who does an evil deed, although we should hate the deed that he does.

                d. Hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.