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State and Explain the Term ‘Christian Ethics’ The term ‘ethics’ deals with what is morally ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. Christian ethics therefore, deals with what is morally right or wrong for a Christian. There are several distinguishing characteristics of Christian ethics, each of which play a vital role to its analysis. Christian ethics is based on God’s will and is a form of divine command position. However, God never wills anything contrary to his unchanging moral character. The ethical imperatives that God gives are in accord with his unchangeable moral character. That is, God wills what is right in accordance with his own morals – ‘Be Holy because I am Holy’ (Leviticus 11:45). Christian ethics is absolute, since God’s character does not change; it follows that moral duties from his nature are absolute (always binding everywhere, on everyone). For example, God’s command not to murder applied before the law was given to Moses (within the 10 Commandments), under the law of Moses and also since the time of Moses. In brief, murder is wrong at all times and all places for all people. This is true because humans were created in the ‘image of God’ (Genesis1:27, 9:6) and a moral likeness to Go