Exam 2: Alternatives to Christian Ethics

In __________, individual souls are subject to an indefinite cycle of life, death, and rebirth.

Muslims believe that the Qur'an is __________ the word of Allah.

Write an explanation of the idea of "selfishness" within the objectivism framework.

According to Buddhism, life is __________.

Discuss the primary Hindu responsibilities of universal obligations to others and those based on one's station in life. Do those responsibilities make Hindu morality subjective? If so, is that a positive or negative outcome ethically?

Reform Judaism believes that the law of the Torah is consistent with __________.

In humanism, moral rules are never __________.

The Muslim concept of jihad is often understood by Americans. What does jihad mean and how is it used in Islam? How is the Islamic concept of jihad distinct from the modern concept of terrorism?

Islam's earliest beliefs connected religion and the state. In what ways, both positive and negative, has that connection impacted modern day Muslims and others living with Muslim communities?

Objectivism asserts that the basis for decisions on moral issues is the effect of An action upon __________.