BYU Studies Quarterly
Article Title
Gospel Ethics
Keywords
BYU Studies, ethics and morals, decision
Abstract
Unavoidable ethical and moral decisions permeate our lives. From the personal (how we treat our family members and the people we interact with) to the political (what we do about the increasing number of mass shootings in our country and refugees at our borders or how we behave during a worldwide pandemic), our decisions have moral and ethical implications that reveal our priorities and values. Traditional approaches to ethics and economic policymaking emphasize isolated rational individuals and their direct interactions with other self-sufficient, rational individuals. Yet at different points in our lives, all of us are dependent on others—some we know and others we may not know. As such, traditional approaches to ethics are limited in many ways and often fail to consider both the common experiences of human life and the scriptural example of our Savior, Jesus Christ. However, one less-well-known ethical approach—the ethics of care—is based on the lived experience of all people and is more compatible with the gospel that Jesus taught and modeled than are the more traditional approaches to ethics in our personal and public decision-making.
Recommended Citation
Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A.
(2021)
"Gospel Ethics,"
BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 60:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol60/iss1/6