Responsibility and Moral Realities

This essay explores ‘responsibility’ within moral theory and around the question of God’s relation to the world and to acting and suffering human beings. Advancing reflection beyond the outlooks of twentieth-century theologians, the inquiry outlines a multidimensional position that interweaves diffe...

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Main Author: Schweiker, William 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2009
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 472-495
Further subjects:B global dynamics
B integrity of life
B reflexive interdependence
B moral ontology
B agential responsibility
B Responsibility
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Summary:This essay explores ‘responsibility’ within moral theory and around the question of God’s relation to the world and to acting and suffering human beings. Advancing reflection beyond the outlooks of twentieth-century theologians, the inquiry outlines a multidimensional position that interweaves different rationalities crucial to orienting responsible life. Actions and relations are responsible which respect and enhance the integrity of life. Responsibility is thereby not in itself the object or norm of the ethics but the form of moral existence. This account enables current thought to weave together previous arguments in Christian ethics in a way productive for our global times.
ISSN:0953-9468
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946809340953