Importance Of Life Worth Living

Lovin’s defines ethics as “…how we try to become good people and shape for ourselves a life that is worth living” (7). According to Lovin, Christian faith cannot be separated from our ethics as they shape and define each other. Moral choices define an individual’s ethics and each choice must be an individual decision that none other can make (7). Lovin’s definition must be divided into two parts in order to effectively comprehend his rationale. The first, ethics as an attempt to become good, encounters people in the crossroads of their lives. Christians live with the curse and blessing of being painstakingly aware of their goodness and task of doing good in the world. Lovin states “We wonder whether we pay enough attention to people in need…

In searching for a worth to life, ethical decisions are made. For some it can be difficult to find meaning and purpose in a life that is not made easy for Christians. And such becomes the search as humans yearn for emotions and life events that can ease the burden of faith. In seeking an ethical life, in reminding themselves of the good to be found, that burden can be eased. An ethical life as seeking a life worth living reminds individuals that there is still a purpose to be served on earth before the eternity that awaits. Such is the individuality of ethics as an individual’s definition of life worth living varies so greatly between souls. If moral decisions were to lead a person down a negative path, they can still be said to be pursuing an ethical life. Individual definitions of worth determine the slant of a person’s ethics and so following Lovin’s definition of ethics, ethics are not necessarily good or right. The pursuit of positive ethics, therefore, must come from the primary piece of Lovin’s definition, as the pursuit to be good