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The difference between our medical ethics course and a moral theology course is:
{ 1 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with opinion.
{ 2 } - the former considers ethical principles as truths of reason, which anyone should be able to admit, and the latter considers ethical principles as beliefs of a particular religious community.
{ 3 } - the former does not rely on listening to God, and the latter does.
{ 4 } - the former is a systematic discipline, and the latter is not.
{ 5 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with value.
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The difference between our medical ethics course and a moral theology course is:
{ 1 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with opinion.
{ 2 } - the former considers ethical principles as truths of reason, which anyone should be able to admit, and the latter considers ethical principles as beliefs of a particular religious community.
{ 3 } - the former does not rely on listening to God, and the latter does.
{ 4 } - the former is a systematic discipline, and the latter is not.
{ 5 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with value.
Both moral philosophy and moral theology, both reason and faith, deal with fact.
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The difference between our medical ethics course and a moral theology course is:
{ 1 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with opinion.
{ 2 } - the former considers ethical principles as truths of reason, which anyone should be able to admit, and the latter considers ethical principles as beliefs of a particular religious community.
{ 3 } - the former does not rely on listening to God, and the latter does.
{ 4 } - the former is a systematic discipline, and the latter is not.
{ 5 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with value.
Our medical ethics course is moral philosophy, which arrives at ethical principles by reason, while moral theology arrives at ethical principles by divine faith, which knows God through a special communication that not all humans have by nature.
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The difference between our medical ethics course and a moral theology course is:
{ 1 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with opinion.
{ 2 } - the former considers ethical principles as truths of reason, which anyone should be able to admit, and the latter considers ethical principles as beliefs of a particular religious community.
{ 3 } - the former does not rely on listening to God, and the latter does.
{ 4 } - the former is a systematic discipline, and the latter is not.
{ 5 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with value.
The former relies on listening to what God says to everyone, while the latter relies on listening what God says to a chosen community.
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The difference between our medical ethics course and a moral theology course is:
{ 1 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with opinion.
{ 2 } - the former considers ethical principles as truths of reason, which anyone should be able to admit, and the latter considers ethical principles as beliefs of a particular religious community.
{ 3 } - the former does not rely on listening to God, and the latter does.
{ 4 } - the former is a systematic discipline, and the latter is not.
{ 5 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with value.
Moral philosophy reflects on the truths of reason to make clear how reason should shape human life, while moral theology reflects on the truths of faith to make clear how faith should shape human life.
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The difference between our medical ethics course and a moral theology course is:
{ 1 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with opinion.
{ 2 } - the former considers ethical principles as truths of reason, which anyone should be able to admit, and the latter considers ethical principles as beliefs of a particular religious community.
{ 3 } - the former does not rely on listening to God, and the latter does.
{ 4 } - the former is a systematic discipline, and the latter is not.
{ 5 } - the former deals with fact and the latter deals with value.
A value is a good, i.e. a satisfaction of a need, and both moral philosophy and theology deal with values.
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