A fifth and final distinctive of biblical ethics is that in the process of assigning moral praise or blame, biblical ethics incorporates conduct (i.e., the what), character (i.e., the who), and goals (i.e., the why) of individuals involved in moral events. While this distinctive will be examined in greater detail later in this chapter and again in chapter 5, for the present it will suffice to note that non-Christian systems of ethics tend to reduce morality to the level of conduct. Although conduct