The Singularity of Christian Ethics
The shape of the moral life is determined for Christians at least in part by beliefs peculiar to Christians, and a perennial problem for Christian ethics is relating that peculiar understanding to more general claims about moral knowledge. Since the problem is perennial, I propose not to solve it bu...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1989
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1989, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 95-120 |
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| Summary: | The shape of the moral life is determined for Christians at least in part by beliefs peculiar to Christians, and a perennial problem for Christian ethics is relating that peculiar understanding to more general claims about moral knowledge. Since the problem is perennial, I propose not to solve it but to think about it. I do so by considering first the sense in which Christian ethics may be a kind of "insider's" ethic-the shared language of believers. Despite the strengths of such a view, it may too greatly restrict both human and divine freedom. Having considered its difficulties from both those angles, I return to the sense of Christian life as a tradition of conduct in order to illustrate the importance of such a vision in our cultural setting. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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