Law and Christian Ethics: Signposts for a Fruitful Conversation

This essay invites Christian ethicists to engage in a mutually beneficial conversation with the secular law, particularly the common law. It argues that the common law's feature of narrative accountability provides a natural bridge to Christian ethics. It also points out contact points between...

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Main Author: Kaveny, M. Cathleen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center [2015]
In: Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 3-32
IxTheo Classification:NCA Ethics
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