What makes an act wrong? Make ethical decisions?

• Christians will read the Bible and Jews will read the Torah when deciding what is a moral action. They may also seek advice of religious leaders e.g. rabbi or priest
• Christians believe it to be the voice of God. Ignoring your conscience could lead to crime. Misusing your free will could also lead to wrong actions
• Christian's follow Jesus' teachings such as forgiveness "forgive 70x7"
• Have an absolute approach meaning their view about an action does not change. E.g. murder is always wrong regardless of the situation
• Have a relative approach meaning their view changes on the situation
• Christians may follow ethical theories such as:

  • Divine Command Theory (an action is right if it follows the commands of God)
  • Situation Ethics (a theory which looks at the situation and prioritises agape)
  • Virtue Ethics (a theory which looks at developing virtues such as justice)
  • Natural Law (a theory that argues that God has given human reason to make decisions)
• Avoid actions which are sins. A sin is a action that goes against God