Conflicting Absolutism and Graded Absolutism

How can moral law be absolute yet not obeyed

lower command isnt broken when higher command is followed

What are the three essential elements of Graded Absolutism

1. There are higher and lower moral laws 2. There are unavoidable moral conflicts 3. No guilt is impaired for the unavoidable

What are the three options Geisler gives to the question, "What should one do when two or more of one's absolute obligations comes into unavoidable conflict?"

1. unqualified absolutism affirms that all conflicts are apparent not real. 2. conflicting absolutism admits to real mortal conflicts 3. Graded absolutism follows the view that real moral conflicts occur.

How does graded absolutism differ from situationalism

It does not hold that there are any absolutes with substantive content

In what sense is Graded Absolutism an Absolutism

It is absolute in its source

According to the lesser of two evils view, what must Jesus have done?

Jesus must have sinned

Are all sins created equal?

No

Does graded absolutism undermine the truthfulness of scripture

No

Is graded absolutism really utilitarianism?

No. Utilitarianism is end based

Conflicting Absolutism runs contrary to the Kantian dictum. What does the dictum state?

Ought implies can

By whom does Charles Hodge believe the principle of Graded Absolutism was inculcated

Our lord

How does Augustine see the equality or non-equality of sins

Some are worse than others

For Conflicting Absolutism, when two duties conflict, what are we morally responsible for?

both duties

How can a lesser evil be a good thing to do

evil sometimes accompanies good acts

Augustine believe, in contrast to conflicting absolutism, that it is our duty to follow _____ rather than the __________

good, lesser evil

In a fallen world sin is _________, but in a redeemed world it is also ___________

inevitable, forgivable

What idea by Soren Kierkigaard serves as a forerunner of graded absolutism.

teleological suspension of the ethical