Ethics: Zeus and Jesus

"Compare the ethical behavior of Zeus with the ethical teaching of Jesus."



The ethics between Zeus and Jesus are extremely different from one another!  I can't stress enough how different the ethics are.  Zeus is a rather lawless individual.  Zeus cheated on his wife, Hera, and he turned the woman, Io into a heifer!

The teachings of Jesus vary greatly with the behavior of Zeus.  Jesus taught that adultery was a sin, and he taught that you are to love one another as you love yourself.  Jesus' ethical teachings are the complete opposite of Zeus' anti-ethical behavior.

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Ovid's View of the God's Ethical Performance

" What was Ovid's view of the god's ethical performance?"



     He never states his view formally in Metamorphoses, but we can get a pretty clear idea from the stories that he chooses for his poem.  The stories that he chooses are extremely lacking in ethical performance.

     Let's take the story of Jupiter and Io as an example.  The god Jupiter rapes Io and tries to hide the evil deed from his wife.

     For the lack of ethics in these stories I assume that he didn't think highly of the god's ethical performance.

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