We take a preliminary look at ethics Strange as it may seem, the original Greek word “ethos,” from which our word ethics is derived, is related to the barnyard. The word “ethos” can be traced back to the meaning of “stable” or the “stall” of barnyard animals, so that “ethics in the human area” does for us “what the stall […]
Maryland has the dubious distinction of being the first state to pass a law mandating handgun locks. It does not matter that Governor Parris Glendening couldn’t free a locked handgun without assistance at a news conference called to demonstrate the supposed logic of the law he backs. (A videotape of his failed struggle to unlock […]
This spring a front page article in The Washington Times highlighted the growing problem Americans have with money management. A coalition of more than 80 financial and consumer groups is lobbying states and the federal government to add personal finance to required high school classes and standardized tests. Our nation’s economic boom has given even […]
The time is past in which Christian norms and values were respected and honored. Today, people widely argue for and practice the “right” of private morality, and self-determination. Think of the issues of abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide. What was once determined by moral standards as wrong is now determined to be the right of […]
The Netherlands was once staunchly Calvinist, a nation that only a century ago elected the conservative theologian and social reformer Abraham Kuyper to be its head of state. Today, amidst the tulips and historic churches, legal prostitutes sell themselves in public, drugs are sold out of boutiques, and the sick and the elderly are actively […]
Published by Christian Schools International 2006 People who study and write on the application of Biblical principles to complex issues facing us in everyday life are called ethicists. Their field of study is called ethics. Christians engage in this activity, submitting to the authority of the Word of God. Given the […]