tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post2750398841066628593..comments2023-10-28T08:26:04.665-07:00Comments on A thoughtproduct in the life of...: Nephi: The Criminalmistahdoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565026922565152435noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-73227134786878570132010-07-25T22:00:48.251-07:002010-07-25T22:00:48.251-07:00Interesting post and comments that help me better ...Interesting post and comments that help me better understand these 2 types of ethical thinking. <br /><br />I also appreciated Garrett's comment about the law. I had heard that before, but couldn't recall where. Great to have a source. I also hadn't heard of a 'mercy seat flight'--Fascinating! Resonates with my ideas of the medeival European church's practice of right of The chehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580066234985158716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-52467687879442995042009-11-22T09:49:58.656-08:002009-11-22T09:49:58.656-08:00Brad- I was reading in my Visual Rhetoric book tod...Brad- I was reading in my Visual Rhetoric book today (of all places to find something to add to this!) and found this quote from Charles S. Peirce:<br /><br />"Ethics is the study of what ends of action we are deliberately prepared to adopt. That is right action which is in conformity to ends which we are prepared deliberately to adopt. That is all there can be in the notion of righteousnessXanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157437813236475942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-27947699241598936112009-10-29T08:09:53.840-07:002009-10-29T08:09:53.840-07:00Legal Perspectives on the Slaying of Laban
John W....Legal Perspectives on the Slaying of Laban<br />John W. Welch<br />Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Volume - 1, Issue - 1, Pages: 119-41<br />Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute, 1992<br /><br />http://mi.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=1&num=1&id=7<br /><br />Abstract: This article marshals ancient legal evidence to show that Nephi's slaying of Laban should be understood as a protected Brad Carmackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085934989070955986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-58086101629451646432009-10-25T20:16:30.399-07:002009-10-25T20:16:30.399-07:00Deontological musing #1:
Sometimes a single scrip...Deontological musing #1:<br /><br />Sometimes a single scriptural passage implicates both a teleological and a deontological approach to evaluating an ethical obligation (note the distinct deontological duty-base in verse 11 and 13, versus the consequentialist basis in verse 15):<br /><br />D & C 123:<br />11 And also it is an imperative duty that we owe to all the rising generation, and to Brad Carmackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085934989070955986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-58411485222995809042009-10-25T19:27:01.064-07:002009-10-25T19:27:01.064-07:00Garrett, thanks for your post. Maybe I should be ...Garrett, thanks for your post. Maybe I should be more careful (to the effect of not posting some blogs I otherwise would)- I hadn't much considered the dangerousness of the passage.<br /><br />You are the third person now to reference a scholarly attempt out there to explore the legality of Nephi's actions in the legal context of his day. Turns out Paul Hoskisson is a friend of mine- I Brad Carmackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085934989070955986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-86178311853281971682009-10-25T19:22:29.072-07:002009-10-25T19:22:29.072-07:00Though I conclude above that a teleological approa...Though I conclude above that a teleological approach is superior to a deontological one, I continue to find evidence which seems to undermine this conclusion.<br /><br />1) Not a lot of scriptures lauding attempts to increase one's proficiency at consequentialist analysis come to mind<br /><br />2) Plenty of deontological scriptures do come to mind- e.g. D & C 4: 5 And faith, hope, Brad Carmackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085934989070955986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-78311484603088250802009-10-25T15:06:12.474-07:002009-10-25T15:06:12.474-07:00Brad, I appreciate the discussion you provide abou...Brad, I appreciate the discussion you provide about this Nephi dilemma. The reality is that this passage is both difficult and dangerous for a lot of people, inside and outside of the LDS church.<br /><br />I have a friend who left the church after wrestling with this passage for years, concluding that God couldn’t inspire Nephi to do this (remember that his primary motive was that he was Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038164372507641630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-14439693381411651612009-10-25T15:05:17.494-07:002009-10-25T15:05:17.494-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930637151391188126noreply@blogger.com