Prejudice as moral action in Christian ethical decision-making
Given the many approaches regarding the use of the Bible, the ethical work in biblical interpretation and the work of being concerned with an ethical issue affecting the Christian as a moral agent cannot be separated from one another. This article deals with that affinity between the approach of the...
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| description | Given the many approaches regarding the use of the Bible, the ethical work in biblical interpretation and the work of being concerned with an ethical issue affecting the Christian as a moral agent cannot be separated from one another. This article deals with that affinity between the approach of the interpreter as moral agent, using the Bible in his or her ethical decision-making and aspects that constitute fundamental starting points for him or her in this ethical decision-making, with regard to the liberation of prejudices as that which makes understanding for moral action possible. It is maintained in the article that prejudices that are conformable to the ways in which responsibility should qualify Christian ethics in general make for responsible use of the Bible in Christian ethical decision-making. Prejudices (pre-understanding) that are grounded in an ethics of responsibility allow for the interpreter to adhere to the truth claim of a text, which can only be had from hermeneutical work that promotes prejudices in an intentional and critical way as the link between past text and current interpreter.<p>�</p><p><em>--- Abstract translated into Sipedi</em> ---</p><p><strong>Khuet�o ya dikakanyo t�a mosekaseki e le tiro ya maitshwaro mo go t�eeng diphetho ka maitshwaro a maleba</strong></p><p><strong>Senaganwa</strong></p><p>Ge re �edit�e ditsela t�a go fapana t�a ka fao Bibele e �omi�wago ka gona, mo�omo wa maitshwaro a maleba tlhathollong le tshekakong ya Bibele le mo�omo wa go tshwenyega ka taba ya maitshwaro a maleba ao a huet�ago Mokriste bjalo ka moemedi wa maitshwaro di ka se aroganywe. Pampiri ye e tlo swaragana le tswalano magareng ga mosekaseki bjalo ka moemedi wa maitshwaro, a diri�a Bibele mo go t�eeng diphetho t�a maitshwaro a maleba le mafapa ao a bopago motheo wa mathomo fao go t�ewago diphetho t�a maitshwaro a maleba, mabapi le tokologo ya maitshwaro a botse e le seo se kgonagat�ago kwe�i�o ya tiro ya maitshwaro. Mo pampiring ye re t�ea gore maitshwaro a botse ao a sepedi�anago tsela le ka fao maitshwaro a botse a Mokriste a hlathwago ka maikarabelo a gagwe ka gona ka kakaret�o, a dira gore Bibele e �omi�we ka maikarabelo mo go t�eweng ga diphetho ka maitshwro a botse. Dikakanyo t�a mosekaseki(kwe�i�o ya motheo) t�eo di theilwego godimo ga maitshwaro a botse a maikarabelo di dumelela mosekaseki go itshwarelela ka there�o ye e akanywago ya temana, t�eo di t�wago go modiro wa tshekatsheko woo o hlohlelet�ago maitshwaro a maleba ka tsela ya maikemi�et�o le go hlotla e le tswalano magareng ga digwalo t�efetilego le mosekaseki wa ga bjale.</p><p><em>--- End of translation ---</em></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cac9f8f8dee843b3bf5e15e1c3bdd8f82022-12-22T03:24:53ZafrAOSISVerbum et Ecclesia1609-99822074-77052010-03-0131110.4102/ve.v31i1.89321Prejudice as moral action in Christian ethical decision-makingStephanus J. Myburgh0Methodist Church of southern AfricaGiven the many approaches regarding the use of the Bible, the ethical work in biblical interpretation and the work of being concerned with an ethical issue affecting the Christian as a moral agent cannot be separated from one another. This article deals with that affinity between the approach of the interpreter as moral agent, using the Bible in his or her ethical decision-making and aspects that constitute fundamental starting points for him or her in this ethical decision-making, with regard to the liberation of prejudices as that which makes understanding for moral action possible. It is maintained in the article that prejudices that are conformable to the ways in which responsibility should qualify Christian ethics in general make for responsible use of the Bible in Christian ethical decision-making. Prejudices (pre-understanding) that are grounded in an ethics of responsibility allow for the interpreter to adhere to the truth claim of a text, which can only be had from hermeneutical work that promotes prejudices in an intentional and critical way as the link between past text and current interpreter.<p>�</p><p><em>--- Abstract translated into Sipedi</em> ---</p><p><strong>Khuet�o ya dikakanyo t�a mosekaseki e le tiro ya maitshwaro mo go t�eeng diphetho ka maitshwaro a maleba</strong></p><p><strong>Senaganwa</strong></p><p>Ge re �edit�e ditsela t�a go fapana t�a ka fao Bibele e �omi�wago ka gona, mo�omo wa maitshwaro a maleba tlhathollong le tshekakong ya Bibele le mo�omo wa go tshwenyega ka taba ya maitshwaro a maleba ao a huet�ago Mokriste bjalo ka moemedi wa maitshwaro di ka se aroganywe. Pampiri ye e tlo swaragana le tswalano magareng ga mosekaseki bjalo ka moemedi wa maitshwaro, a diri�a Bibele mo go t�eeng diphetho t�a maitshwaro a maleba le mafapa ao a bopago motheo wa mathomo fao go t�ewago diphetho t�a maitshwaro a maleba, mabapi le tokologo ya maitshwaro a botse e le seo se kgonagat�ago kwe�i�o ya tiro ya maitshwaro. Mo pampiring ye re t�ea gore maitshwaro a botse ao a sepedi�anago tsela le ka fao maitshwaro a botse a Mokriste a hlathwago ka maikarabelo a gagwe ka gona ka kakaret�o, a dira gore Bibele e �omi�we ka maikarabelo mo go t�eweng ga diphetho ka maitshwro a botse. Dikakanyo t�a mosekaseki(kwe�i�o ya motheo) t�eo di theilwego godimo ga maitshwaro a botse a maikarabelo di dumelela mosekaseki go itshwarelela ka there�o ye e akanywago ya temana, t�eo di t�wago go modiro wa tshekatsheko woo o hlohlelet�ago maitshwaro a maleba ka tsela ya maikemi�et�o le go hlotla e le tswalano magareng ga digwalo t�efetilego le mosekaseki wa ga bjale.</p><p><em>--- End of translation ---</em></p>http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/89Christian ethicsethics of convictionhermeneuticsobjective thinkingprejudices responsibility |
| spellingShingle | Stephanus J. Myburgh Prejudice as moral action in Christian ethical decision-making Verbum et Ecclesia Christian ethics ethics of conviction hermeneutics objective thinking prejudices responsibility |
| title | Prejudice as moral action in Christian ethical decision-making |
| title_full | Prejudice as moral action in Christian ethical decision-making |
| title_fullStr | Prejudice as moral action in Christian ethical decision-making |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prejudice as moral action in Christian ethical decision-making |
| title_short | Prejudice as moral action in Christian ethical decision-making |
| title_sort | prejudice as moral action in christian ethical decision making |
| topic | Christian ethics ethics of conviction hermeneutics objective thinking prejudices responsibility |
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