An Introduction to Christian Ethics: Goals Duties Virtues

A few years ago the first distinction that ethicists drew was the line between Christian ethics and philosophical ethics. However in our global context Christian ethicists must now in addition compare and contrast various ethics. Christian ethics has become increasingly multivocal not only because of a plurality of faiths but also because of a plurality of Christianities. . Beginning with five key ideas about Gods relationship to humanity and history Dr. Lovin shows how these work together to shape the Christian stance. In the first three chapters he then shows how those ideas took shape in relation to other ways of thinking about ethics in the world of early Christianity and identifies four major variations: Synergy Integrity Realism and Liberation. The six remaining chapters cover historical and contemporary developments in the three ways of thinking about moral choices: teleology deontology and areteology. Test cases are also included. . The purpose of the book is to indicate what is possible in Christian ethics rather than to prescribe one way that it ought to be done. The aim is not to get readers to choose one among the Christian possibilities and use it exclusively but use this introduction as a resource to arrive at their own ways of thinking about moral problems in order to act with integrity.