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the example of the importance to obey and understand the
in a “teleological suspension commandments of God.
of the ethical”. Humans must not only obey
One must act ethically; But orders; But must do so through
one must act ethically because self-awareness, self-reflection
of one’s relation to God, one’s and the active choice, as faith
faith, not merely because of the must be the individual, free,
norms. Humans must fulfill reflective choice, concluding
their duties towards the society that faith is the final and central
and themselves; But the duty to concept of the ethical system.
follow the commands of God is
more important. Ethics and the Relationship
To reach the position of to God
religious faith, which in some Both ethical thoughts agree on
cases involve a “teleological the role of virtues and their
suspension of the ethical”, the relation to the goodness of
individual must first act God but differ in their
according to the ethical. examples. In the Islamic
One can be ethical without ethical thought, one holds the
being religious; But one cannot ability to do well; But need the
be religious without being help by God to perfect the
ethical, and in some sense, only goodness within oneself.
true ethical positions are In the Christian thought,
reached through faith. goodness is found in the
In conclusion, we individual relationship with
understand that Kierkegaard, God, and the choice of being
in his understanding of a religious. Both thoughts argue
Christian ethical system, is an that one must choose the good,
eventual advocate for the and that the good actions
Divine Command theory, as he performed for others, will
argued that individuals has an evidentially lead to a better
ethical and religious obligation position for oneself.
