Ethics Classes
What is the point of a “non-judgemental” ethics centre? It’s a serious question.
In my naiveté, I had always assumed that the whole point of ethics was to arrive at some sort of judgement about what is right and what is wrong. But take a look at the secular St James Ethics Centre’s website and it would appear I was wrong.
The St James Ethics Centre - headed by Dr Simon Longstaff – bills itself as offering a “non-judgemental forum” to explore ethical issues.
It won’t investigate unethical behaviour. It won’t help you make an ethical financial investment. But the biggest problem is that a “non-judgemental” approach lowers the stakes. It means your standard of ethics can only be judged by whether you are being true to yourself or not.
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When I was young Catholic, I remember being struck by the contrast between two different approaches to spreading the Gospel – that of the conquistador Hernan Cortes, who did so by the sword and cannon, and that of Francis Xavier, who did so by word and example.
In the lives of the saints, Xavier was a hero to me. It appears the Churches in NSW follow in the steps of Cortes when it comes to evangelical ‘realpolitik’. Not for their state the freedom to choose a faith or citizenship tradition.
They will simply not tolerate neutral ethics classes in competition with Christian scripture classes. The Government must ban alternative perspectives and prohibit parental choice.
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MelTheCatEthiticist says:
I just had to shout out for “Reg says: 09:56pm | 25/11/10” I rofl’ed all the way to volunteering to be an ethics teacher. ..... I think cats should run the ethics classes - actually I think the bible would be safer in my cats hands as well! Read more »
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Greg Kasarik says:
Why would a student be sent out for not “believing” in gay marriage? Most obviously, the student would be simply channelling his parents views at that age. A grade 5,or 6 student is clearly not in a position to understand marriage. Heck, they still don’t like the opposite sex. A… Read more »
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