Christian Ethics 8-29-23

Moral Experience
- Came from “Tradition”
o Etymology:
 Greek – “Trado”
 Latin – “Tradere”
 Means “to hand over”
- We receive what is handed to us
o Making us “Passive” / it can’t be Questioned
- Is there anything we can do?
o We can only wait…
However, upon receiving or acquiring Moral Experience which is rooted from our Tradition. What occurs
is that there is “Moral Transformation”
Moral Transformation (“Radical Overhauling”)
- An aspect of Moral Experience
- It awaits Active Participation / Interaction
o In the sense that, we can impose question to it; we interact; and we participate
 Instead of being just “passive” in our Moral Experience, we can also be
“Active” towards it
 This is a manifestation or embodiment of our Beingness as Rational
- Three Factors:
o Psychological Maturation/Maturity
 We receive Moral Experience, it gives us capacity to “Think or Appropriate”
 Appropriation – making it our own
o Not purely external, but internal. It focuses more on the self
 Leads to growth
 We became mature with our experiences, making us capable to
ascend into a higher level of thinking or analyzing such situations
anchored from our Moral Experience
 There is sense of Awakening
 We perceive that there is something beyond this Moral Experience
in the midst of our Moral Transformation
o Moral Reflection
 An Imperative (Important/Necessity)
 We are “ought to” respond, we must act towards something by the
means of reflection
 There is absolute demand imposed
 That’s why it is an imperative – we “ought to do” it.
 Must be addressed as an individual
 Reflection is an individual activity
 Can’t be ignored
 It shakens; moves; forces us to act appropriately and responsibly
 There is Freedom (to think) since we reflect upon it
o Community encounters other tradition
 Needs to familiarize others
 There is a Value, Logic, Importance
 Value – questions what can I share to others, how can I value it?
 Logic – questions how to encounter others
 Importance – Discovers many points, ideas, and so on
 No Culture can claim a monopoly of truth
 That’s why there is Diversity, not everything resides in a single
culture alone
“Inherited Experience will never be sufficient”
- That’s why Moral Transformation is a Need for Maturity, Reflection, and Discovery
“Moral Experience should not be static, stagnant, or as it is”
- We are not just limited in passivity, we are active beings
“Moral Experience undergoes Dynamism”
- It should prosper, progress, evolve, and continue to deepen.