The Spiritual Persective to the Book of Proverbs is Faith,...

Layman Response to Thomas Mattox Case Study 2 A Spiritual Perspective The book of Proverbs Chapter 3, verses 5-6 says: â€Å"Trust the Lord with all you do. Do not depend on your own understanding and seek HIS will in all you do. He will make straight your path† (NLT). This verse is evidenced in every aspect of theological virtues. These virtues are infused through divine grace (Sokolowski, 1995), and are characteristics of human personality that manifest themselves only through eternal salvation. The three characteristics are Faith, Hope, and Charity. I was quite pleased to find this discussion had been categorized, and even subcategorized. I tend to follow this type of discussion a little easier than one of utter ramblings like the ones I†¦show more content†¦More interestingly is the motivation for that result is different in each case. Where technically each of the aforementioned theories is based in the philosophy of ethics they are from differing paradigms. †¢ Decisions made on a purely ethical or consequential basis are the ones that produce the most intrinsic good either to the agent or to the will of the agent (always relative to the agent) †¢ Decisions made on a purely moral basis are ones made to satisfy the categorical imperative ‘Kantism’. The focus is on the act itself, and always doing what is deemed right in a situation (Brown, 2001). †¢ Decisions based on virtues follow the Christian view of ethics, which states that as humans we have a free will to choose between right and wrong. In the book titled â€Å"Aristotles De Motu Animalium, Text with Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays†, the parallel between Aristotelianism and Aquinas (Nussbaum, 1978) the author finds: â€Å"The most striking example of an attempt to associate Aristotle with moral deductivism has been the Aristotelianism of Aquinas and the tradition of exegesis descending from it (1978)† While it is the best choice as a Christian, to offer the option for partial order fulfillment of Scuppernongs, the aid of contract negotiations with other suppliers, or financial accommodations for any shortcomings until previous levels of Scuppernongs can be obtained, this rejects the