A Handbook of Christian Ethics (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

J. Clark Murray

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ISBN 10 : 1330253566 ISBN 13 : 9781330253564

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Christian Ethics is defined by its name. It is a science of Ethics, but of Ethics interpreted in the light of the Christian ideal. The name thus calls forO an explanation of two points (1) the drift of Ethics in general; (2) the modification of Ethics by the peculiar ideal of Christianity. 1. Ethics belongs to that class of sciences which have sometimes been characterised as normal or normative.1 These stand in contrast with sciences which are properly styled natural. A natural science, in the simplest meaning of the term, deals with the laws in accordance with which phenomena actually recur. But mans life is not completely explained by these laws. He is capable of proposing to himself ends in life, and of directing his conduct with a view to the attainment of these. Such an end thus furnishes a norm for the regulation of life, and the laws which must be observed for the attainment of such an end form subjects for a normal science. Every sphere of life may, therefore, 1L ess happily byS ir W. Hamilton as nomological. See his Lectures on Metaphysics, vol. i. pp. 122-124.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330253566
• ISBN 13: 9781330253564
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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