Consequences: Morality, Ethics, and the Future - Couverture souple

 
9780800630928: Consequences: Morality, Ethics, and the Future
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0800630920 ISBN 13 : 9780800630928
Editeur : Augsburg Fortress, 1999

Synopsis

How can Christians think responsibly about ethical matters, and in what way can they make moral claims in a largely non-Christian society? How can people engaged in serious moral disagreement be brought into constructive conversation?

James Burtness addresses these questions in five steps. He first describes the connections and disjunctions between faith and ethics. He then discusses morality as a social phenomenon. In the heart of the book, he analyzes four options for doing Christian ethics: deontology, situationism, character ethics, and teleology. Burtness then advocates for a version of teleology, known as consequentialism, as the best way for Christians to think ethically in our time. Consequentialism is the method by which moral decisions are made primarily in the light of anticipated outcomes for the common good. Finally, Burtness demonstrates the viability of his approach and its benefits both within, and outside of, the Christian community.

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À propos de l?auteur

James H. Burtness is Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. His published work includes Shaping the Future: The Ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer(1985).

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Éditeur
Augsburg Fortress
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0800630920
ISBN 13 
9780800630928
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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