HSS 4107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: John Shelby Spong, Deontological Ethics, Nazi Concentration Camps
10 Oct 2018
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Society and its beliefs haven"t changed much, evolved from religious leaders to political leaders. Believe that for belief of doctrine, you can kill for it and relativize it. Dextorize doctrine (don"t pay attention, swing around it). Sacredness and origin of human life goes back to scripture and book of genesis. Not for humans to interfere in the power of life: biblical origins of the sanctity of life. Religious followers believe in deontological constraints, and didn"t follow doctrines. Christians and secular institutions never left the power of life and death in god"s hands. They took that power upon themselves whenever they got frightened or prideful. Fought religious wars and killed to pledge allegiance. Ride ne line between fact and ction. Religious believers made exceptions and heresy: innocent vs. non-innocent exception. The non-innocent individuals get killed and this act was moral. Act on what the majority is doing. Exception is always made by people with power making the rationalizations: intend vs.
