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Christian Ethics on Self-Preservation

The document discusses the concept of self-preservation, emphasizing that self-love and the moral obligation to avoid self-harm are fundamental principles. It highlights the interconnectedness of love for oneself and love for others, asserting that true love extends beyond the self. Additionally, it addresses the moral implications of self-defense, the importance of honor and truthfulness, and the ethical considerations surrounding actions that can harm one's reputation.

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Christian Ethics on Self-Preservation

The document discusses the concept of self-preservation, emphasizing that self-love and the moral obligation to avoid self-harm are fundamental principles. It highlights the interconnectedness of love for oneself and love for others, asserting that true love extends beyond the self. Additionally, it addresses the moral implications of self-defense, the importance of honor and truthfulness, and the ethical considerations surrounding actions that can harm one's reputation.

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LOVE OF SELF AND OTHERS

THE FIRST LAW OF NATURE: SELF-


PRESERVATION

What is self-preservation?
Self-preservation means self-love. Any
act that harms one’s self, from willful
expositions of one’s body, one’s health
to grave danger without necessity, to
suicide would be morally wrong.
SELF-PRESERVATION

• To Christians hurting one’s self or suicide is likewise a


violation of the law of God, who alone has the supreme
dominion over life and death.
• True love of self does not exclude love for others; for
love is never selfish.
• “There are only two words in the vocabulary of love;
you and forever. You, because love must not be confined
to the self; it reaches out, it radiates itself to another to u
you.” according to Fulton Sheen.
SELF–PRESERVATION

• The moral law commands us to love our


neighbors because all men have the same
human nature; all have a common origin and
destiny.
• All are creatures of God and, therefore, all are
equal before God. This is the basis of
“brotherhood of men under the fatherhood of
God”
SELF-PRESERVATION

• Love is defined by Confucius as the very


current of life. The very language of the
bible is love.
“I give you a new commandment. It is the
law of love; love even your enemies.”
RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
SELF DEFENSE

• Under certain conditions, it is morally


justified to kill an unjust aggressor in self
defense.
• The right to live is a basic and
inalineable right. And the right to live
necessarily includes the right to sustain
and defend one’s life.
SELF DEFENSE

To kill an unjust aggressor may be morally


permissible under certain conditions. These
conditions are:
1. That there is imminent danger of losing life of
great bodily possessions.
2. That there is no other way of escape.
3. That no greater force can be inflicted than what
is required to ward off aggression.
HONOR AND GOOD NAME

One of the greatest possessions that a man has


is his honor. Any deliberate act that intends to
destroy the good reputation of another
constitutes a grievous violation of the moral
law.
Libel is always wrong even if what is said or
written is true or partly true; for truth is not a
justification of libel.
HONOR AND GOOD NAME

Adstortion is a newly-coined world to signify


the nefarious practice of extorting money
which consists in suppressing the publication of
an article deregatory to one’s character
provided that the intended victim pays a
certain amount of money to the publisher. This
act has all the malice of extortion and usually
involves the malicious intent of libel.
TRUTHFULNESS

One of our duties of love toward our


neighbors is truthfulness or veracity.
Moral Truth is the conformity between
what one says and what one has in mind.
A lie is telling an untruth, telling what is
not in one’s minds.
TRUTHFULNESS

1.) It is against the natural purpose of


speech.
2.) Lying tends to disturb the social order
Lying does violence to man’s social
nature and therefore is against the moral
law.
MENTAL RESERVATION

Making a statement which would seem a


lie without qualification but would not be
a lie with the proper qualification
reserved in one’s mind.

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