Sexual Virtue: An Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics - Couverture souple

McCarty, Richard W.

 
9781438454283: Sexual Virtue: An Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1438454287 ISBN 13 : 9781438454283
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2015

Synopsis

Uses virtue ethics to offer a sexual ethics inclusive of LGBT and straight people, one that challenges the longstanding procreative patriarchal norm.

Richard W. McCarty offers a compassionate and inclusive conception of sexual virtue, one that liberates Christians from traditional patriarchal requirements for heterosexuality, marriage, and procreation. Daring to depart from ongoing debates about what Aristotle or Aquinas had to say, this book sets a new course centered on virtue ethics. It employs new insights from the sciences, biblical scholarship, analyses of church traditions, and revisionist natural law thinking. Eschewing simple deconstruction of traditional Christian norms for sexual morality, McCarty offers constructive ideas about what might count as real human goods for people in a wide variety of sexual relationships. Recreation, relational intimacy, and selective acts of procreation are three ends of sexual virtue that promote human happiness and can be appreciated in a broad Christian framework. While primarily referencing the Roman Catholic intellectual tradition, McCarty’s work is also vital and accessible to those from Protestant backgrounds. Addressed to LGBT and straight readers, Sexual Virtue provides a compassionate sexual ethics for our time.

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard W. McCarty is Professor of Religious Studies at Mercyhurst University. He is the author of Sexual Virtue: An Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics, also published by SUNY Press.

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Éditeur
State University of New York Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1438454287
ISBN 13 
9781438454283
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
306
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9781438454290: Sexual Virtue: An Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics

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ISBN 10 :  1438454295 ISBN 13 :  9781438454290
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2015
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