Designed for Good: Recovering the Idea, Language, and Practice of Virtue - Couverture souple

Brown, Kevin J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1619708485 ISBN 13 : 9781619708488

Editeur : Hendrickson Publishers Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Although we may not realise it, we live in a world that is full of competing ethical systems. Appeals to rights, personal freedom, or even equality often come with their own meta-values. Each of these values has something in common with the Christian message, but none of them tells the whole story. In this Christian take on classical virtue ethics, Kevin J. Brown weaves in modern-day examples from economics, politics, and pop culture to create a relevant framework that relates faith to contemporary ethical questions. Brown argues that true virtue the kind we can actually strive for in our day-to-day lives requires a holistic vision of the good life, not a list of rules determined by our preferences or the latest market trends. Instead, it is precisely what we were designed for by our Creator: life in the community of Christs body, the church. Virtue then becomes the pursuit of wholeness in harmony with Gods design.|Although we may not realise it, we live in a world that is full of competing ethical systems. Appeals to rights, personal freedom, or even equality often come with their own meta-values. Each of these values has something in common with the Christian message, but none of them tells the whole story. In this Christian take on classical virtue ethics, Kevin J. Brown weaves in modern-day examples from economics, politics, and pop culture to create a relevant framework that relates faith to contemporary ethical questions. Brown argues that true virtue the kind we can actually strive for in our day-to-day lives requires a holistic vision of the good life, not a list of rules determined by our preferences or the latest market trends. Instead, it is precisely what we were designed for by our Creator: life in the community of Christs body, the church. Virtue then becomes the pursuit of wholeness in harmony with Gods design.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kevin Brown is an associate professor of business at Asbury University and also serves as the lead editor of the Christian Business Academy Review. His formal education spans the areas of theology, philosophy, and economics and his writing seeks to explore the interplay between these fields.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hendrickson Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1619708485
• ISBN 13: 9781619708488
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 217
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