Traci
Marie
November 8,
2013
Biblical Readings
In
the verses in Exodus, the consequentialist theory is evident by the way that
the Hebrew women refuse to kill all of the boy babies as the Pharaoh
instructed. They decided to make their decision based on the outcome of what
this act would mean. I agree with this theory in that different situations call
for different decisions. People can have a certain moral code and then have a
different opinion of an outcome based on the current decision that is being
made at the time. In verses 16-17 it says, “When you are helping the Hebrew
women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a
boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” The midwives, however,
feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let
the boys live. Exodus 1:8-22 is an example of weighing the consequence of the
action and then determining the moral responsibility. Romans 7:14-25 is an
example of the inner struggle of morality. Paul is confessing that he struggles
with his inner desires. He struggles with knowing what the “right” decisions
are. Just the confession itself is showing that he had a moral compass. He
describes in verse 22 that “in his inner being he delights in God’s law.” Verse
23 goes on to say “but I see another law at work in me, waging
war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at
work within me.” He depends on the Lord to deliver him from his thoughts.
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