Problem
For one of these cases, identify the parties and the moral issue(s) posed by religious belief, keeping an eye out for similarities that it shares with the other cases. Identify common ground. You may draw on any moral concepts discussed throughout the course: utility, duties, rights, virtues, and care.
When a Christian missionary is sent to preach the Gospel to members of a newly discovered tribe, she has the following experiences:
• After arriving in their primitive jungle settlement and establishing a friendly relationship with them, she learns that they encourage extramarital promiscuity. She believes that this is morally wrong. She therefore explains to them that such promiscuity is immoral, an offense against God. Is the missionary's action ethical?