ETHICAL BASIC CONCEPT OF CONCEPT OF CONCEPT OF CONCEPT OF

SYSTEM TENETS GOOD & EVIL GOD FREEDOM AFTERLIFE

1.RELATAVISM There is no Good or evil There is no If the believer The concept of
single truth. The depends on the God, or it follows all rules afterlife
truth is always person’s depends if the set by his depends on the
reference to a condition or culture or belief, culture, kind of
particular social situation. society has a society or etc. relativism,
culture, god/ gods. then he is culture, society
tradition, society innately free. or etc. and if
or some the person has
historical done what is
context. good or not.
2.HEDONISM The pursuit of Pleasure or Pleasure is The highest There is no life
pleasure or happiness (the what is most pleasure is after death. The
sensual self- absence of important in life. tranquility and physical body
indulgence pain) is good. They make a freedom from only houses the
Anything that god in whatever fear and pain. soul. Once the
causes pain to they take most Once pleasure soul separates
oneself is pleasure in. is achieved, from the body,
therefore bad. freedom is there is nothing
achieved as left.
well.
3.UTILITARIANISM What benefits If it benefits all God willed man If the majority Common belief
the most people or most of the to promote of the is the Christian
is what is best. population, the happiness and population is belief of the
act is good but to be happy. happy then afterlife
if it doesn’t, the society is (heaven/ hell/
act is evil. The therefore happy purgatory) but if
choice that and free. there are those
benefits the Should the that do not
majority is the minority of the believe in God
“good” choice populace be or the afterlife,
and that which happy, the there is no
benefits the people are problem as long
minority is the therefore not as the general
“evil” choice. free. populace is not
affected.
4.THEOLOGICAL Follows the Everything is The God in Man’s freedom We must repent
ETHICS Christian belief dictated by Christianity is is in his for our sins and
and teachings. God’s will. If the eternal covenant with do good. If we
God’s will must scripture being who God. Freedom are good we
be followed. believes it is created and is a gift given to will be with
evil then it is preserves all us by God. By God/ Jesus in
evil. If God things. The believing in heaven. If we
says it is Father, the Son God/ Jesus are evil and do
morally good, and the Holy Christ we are not repent, we
then it must be Spirit. free, and need will go to hell to
followed. nothing more. be punished.
Those who are
 destined for
heaven but
must be
cleansed stay
in purgatory
until they
receive enough
prayers.
5. DETERMINISM The present There is no There is no Freedom, free- Where we go in
and the future concept of concept of God will and our after-lives is
have already good and evil since everything motivation are already pre-
been since has been not real. Since ordained
determined by everything has decided by past everything is (determined by
past/ existing already been events. determined we our actions
events. We determined. (Except for are bound to when we were
cannot change Theological follow a pre- alive). If one is
the future or determinism, ordained destined for
what will which is a form destiny no heaven, he
happen. of determinism matter what we shall go to
which states choose to do in heaven
that all events the present. because of his
that happen are good deeds on
pre-ordained, or Earth. If one is
predestined to destined for
happen, by a hell, he shall go
God, or that to hell for the
they are sins he has
destined to made while
occur given its alive.
omniscience.)
6. DEONTOLOGY The act that is No matter the Divine Freedom is There is no
done itself is effect (good/ Command fictional and all specific concept
what bad) The act Theory: states in a person’s of the Afterlife
determines if itself is what that God’s will is mind. If he unless one
the act is good determines if what is good. believes he is follows the
or evil, not its what was done All acts must free then he is Divine
consequence. was good or follow God’s will free. If he Command
The act may be evil. The act or else it is believes he is Theory, which
subject to what itself must not considered evil. not free then he follows the
is good and evil break any God is the basis is not free. Christian belief
by the present norms, rules or of morality. of the afterlife
day society. laws that follow (much like
society’s Theological
morality. Ethics)
7.ETHICAL A person’s Good is There is no God Freedom is in The concept of
EGOISM obligation is to determined by since one’s doing what is the afterlife
himself and only what benefits focus is purely good for depends on
to himself. One the self. If the oneself. oneself. By not oneself. His
should serve act brings being able to beliefs shape
himself only/ pleasure to do what is the what the
first. oneself or is a best for afterlife is.
 means to oneself, he
achieve one’s then does not
goals then it is have freedom.
good. If it does
not then it is
bad.
8.SECULAR The belief that What is good There is no God The freedom of Since there is
HUMANISM Society can and evil is because humans to no belief in god
function fully determined by Secular function without there is no
and morally society’s Humanists a god. This afterlife.
without god and norms, laws believe that entails freewill,
his beliefs or and values. If God is not and the
teachings. the act is needed for a freedom to
viewed as morally make their own
morally good by functioning concept of
society then it society. morality or
is good and what is right or
vice versa. wrong.
9.VIRTUE ETHICS The belief that If the person Virtue ethics is Freedom has The concept of
emphasizes who is doing usually much to do with the afterlife is
virtues, or good the act is connected to the character of similar to
moral character. virtuous, Christianity. a person. If the Christianity’s
righteous and Therefore most person has a afterlife, with
has morally of its beliefs on morally good the addition of
good character, virtue and character then the pursuit of
then the act morality are he is free. If the true happiness
that he did taken from a person has an in having good
must be good Christian point evil character moral
as well. The of view. then he has no character.
character of the freedom.
person doing
the act
determines the
morality of the
action. If the
person has bad
or immoral
character then
the act is bad.