In The Moral Quest: Foundations of Christian Ethics, it identifies the idea that we are human and make judgments. These normative, or everyday, judgments can be either made through moral obligation and value versus non-moral obligation and value. The book tries to decipher what is needed to follow an "ethical life".
When comparing judgments such as "My room is painted the best color" versus "People are obligated to tell the truth" there really is no comparison. Judgments are based on personal morality gathered through experience. In the Bible, God is the one to make the final judgment. But how is that possible is everyone's idea of how to lead an "ethical life" is different or skewed.
So is God subjective or objective when making that final decision, that final judgment. Does God base it solely on judgments of moral obligation and value or does he too take into account non-moral obligation and value as well. If God is to make a "final judgment", it seems a bit hypocritical to me if we are not allowed to make any judgments on others. I only wonder if that then causes people to think it is okay to place judgment because it is modeled by God in the Bible.
I assume that if God were to make no final judgments in the end, that people wouldn't feel the need to do the same.
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