Page 117 - Pure Life 25
P. 117
(
/
116 International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 8 (25): 93-119, Winter 2021
moral trait. This leads us to the the help by God to perfect the
conclusion of both ethical goodness within oneself.
thoughts that faith is an In the Christian thoughts,
essential part of ethics. goodness is found in the
Faith is not the only element individual relationship with
the two ethical thoughts have in God, and the choice of being
common, human responsibility religious.
too is a key concept in both Both argue that one must
thoughts. They agree that choose the good, and that the
humans must fulfill three good actions performed for
responsibilities: towards God, others, will evidentially lead to
oneself and others. They also perfecting of character traits,
agree, to some extent, on the and leading to the final goal of
meaning of the responsibilities, both ethics and human beings.
which is exemplified in a Faith is the fundamental
triangle, where the fulfillment of element of both ethical
one responsibility affects another. thoughts. Despite the
One cannot fulfill one’s disagreement of the two
responsibilities towards ethical thoughts, found in the
oneself without fulfilling the Christian ethical thought that
responsibilities towards God argues that the commands of
and others. Doing good, is not God are the key source of
only doing good by oneself, ethics, in contrast to the
one must do good to God and Islamic ethical thought that
others to fulfill the true argues that ethical truths are
virtues. Both ethical thoughts independent from the
agree on the concepts of commands of God.
goodness, and the goodness of They agree on the
God; But differ in their importance of faith. An action
examples, where in the Islamic can never be valued as
ethical thoughts, one holds the ethically correct nor good,
ability to do good; But need without it being performed by
