Now that you have read your assigned reading for sexual and gender ethical issues, and have gained a better understanding of how various ethical systems might approach these issues, write a thread that explains how a one of the Christian ethical systems might process the issue and how a non-Christian ethical system might process the issue. You may pick any of the specific issues discussed in your assigned textbook readings. You must include the following elements:
- A brief paragraph of your chosen ethical system (you may pick a different one than you argued for in Week 1 if you request permission).
- A brief paragraph explaining the chosen topic and why it’s controversial.
- A thorough paragraph explaining how your ethical system would discern the right decision/action pertaining to the issue.
- A thorough paragraph relaying how a competing ethical system (If you hold to a Christian ethical system, then this would be a non-Christian ethical system, and vice versa) would attempt to answer the ethical dilemma, but that ends with an explanation of why it is an inadequate/wrong approach compared to your chosen system’s approach.
You are expected to support your position with rational arguments, fitting examples, and expert sources. At least one citation must come from one of your textbooks. Any quotes or information used from sources other than yourself must be cited using footnotes in current Turabian format. Although quotations count towards your word count requirements, you will receive a lower grade if your word count is mostly filled with quotations.
student will post one thread of 550–650 (not including footnotes) words. The student must then
post 1 reply of 450–600 words the week following the original thread assignment. You must try
to respond to a classmate who has not received a reply yet. For each thread, students must
support their assertions with at least 1 scholarly citation in Turabian format. Each reply must also
incorporate at least 1 scholarly citation in Turabian format. Biblical references are highly
encouraged but will not count as an academic source. Acceptable sources include the course
textbooks, academic library books found in Liberty’s online library, peer-reviewed journal
articles, and similar publications. Sources such as Wikipedia, religious institution websites,
Youtube videos, and online dictionaries do not count as academic sources and should not be
used. A bibliography, title page, and contents page do not count towards word count and are not
appropriate for these discussion assignments.