RT Article
T1 In Conversation With Hans Ulrich's Wie Geschöpfe Leben
JF Studies in Christian ethics
VO 20
IS 2
SP 231
OP 256
A1 Reinders, Hans S.
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2007
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1776582071
AB This paper presents Hans Ulrich's account of Christian ethics as an ethics of `vocation'. It is interested in how Ulrich's account of vocational ethics is developed as a critique of professional ethics. Professional ethics is seen as reflecting the structures of ethical deliberation of the social order that produces it, thereby failing to move beyond the realm of `works'. In contrast, the distinguishing characteristic of Ulrich's vocational ethics is shown to be that it is a response to the Word `from outside'. Consequently, a Christian account of professional ethics needs to show how it can retain a `theological difference' that enables it to respond to the Word that `breaks in' to start something new. The paper discusses the transformation of professionalism in a neo-liberal service economy in order to find out how this `breaking in' actually proceeds. Its test case is providing services to people with intellectual disabilities.
K1 Professional Ethics
K1 neo-liberal service economy
K1 Managerialism
K1 liberal morality
K1 ethics of vocation
K1 care and choice
DO 10.1177/0953946807079853