Christian Spontaneity and the Clarification of Pleasure

Christians are not the only people with reservations about ethical hedonism. But the leading of a Christian life—along the broad lines traced out in the New Testament, say—has often seemed to be particularly disprobative of the theory that the moral end consists in pleasure. And it is not just a the...

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Main Author: Kendal, Gordon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1982
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 1982, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-70
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