Society and Ethics

To live ethically is to live in society. To live in an artificially controlled society—one in which an ethic is forcefully maintained or one is exiled—is not to live a fully Christian ethic. The ethic of Jesus is meant to be lived among those who do not follow the ethic. It is an ethic that is all about dealing with sin and enmity and hatred and abuse. To refuse to deal with evil in the world, to escape from it, is to not be Christ-like.