Science and Christian Ethics
Science and Christian Ethics

Author: Paul Scherz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-09

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1108579949

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There is a growing crisis in scientific research characterized by failures to reproduce experimental results, fraud, lack of innovation, and burn-out. In Science and Christian Ethics, Paul Scherz traces these problems to the drive by governments and business to make scientists into competitive entrepreneurs who use their research results to stimulate economic growth. The result is a competitive environment aimed at commodifying the world. In order to confront this problem of character, Scherz examines the alternative Aristotelian and Stoic models of reforming character, found in the works of Alasdair MacIntyre and Michel Foucault. Against many prominent virtue ethicists, he argues that what individual scientists need is a regime of spiritual exercises, such as those found in Stoicism as it was adopted by Christianity, in order to refocus on the good of truth in the face of institutional pressure. His book illuminates pressing issues in research ethics, moral education, and anthropology.

Genetics and Christian Ethics
Genetics and Christian Ethics

Author: Celia Deane-Drummond

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780521829434

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In the immediate future we are likely to witness significant developments in human genetic science. It is therefore of critical importance that Christian ethics engages with the genetics debate, since it affects not just the way we perceive ourselves and the natural world, but also has wider implications for our society. This book considers ethical issues arising out of specific practices in human genetics, including genetic screening, gene patenting, gene therapy, genetic counselling as well as feminist concerns. Genetics and Christian Ethics argues for a particular theo-ethical approach that derives from a modified version of virtue ethics, drawing particularly on a Thomistic understanding of the virtues, especially prudence or practical wisdom and justice. The book demonstrates that a theological voice is highly relevant to contested ethical debates about genetics.

Selections from Friedrich Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics
Selections from Friedrich Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics

Author: Friedrich Schleiermacher

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 0664226116

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Brandt presents important selections from German theologian Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics, a work that moves beyond formal matters to offer a comprehensive analysis of ethical issues, including what constitutes moral action for individuals in relation to the family, the state, the school, the church, and society. This edition also includes James Brandt's in-depth introductory essay, describing the role of Christian Ethics in Schleiermacher's overall corpus, its place in the history of Christian ethical reflection, and its structure and character. .

Evil and Christian Ethics
Evil and Christian Ethics

Author: Gordon Graham

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780521797450

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STUDY OF MORAL PHILOSOPHYWITH REFERENCE TO NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLARSHIP.

The Common Good and Christian Ethics
The Common Good and Christian Ethics

Author: David Hollenbach

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-08

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780521894517

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The Common Good and Christian Ethics rethinks the ancient tradition of the common good in a way that addresses contemporary social divisions, both urban and global. David Hollenbach draws on social analysis, moral philosophy, and theological ethics to chart new directions in both urban life and global society. He argues that the division between the middle class and the poor in major cities and the challenges of globalisation require a new commitment to the common good and that both believers and secular people must move towards new forms of solidarity.

Living Together and Christian Ethics
Living Together and Christian Ethics

Author: Adrian Thatcher

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-03-21

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780521009553

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The first positive, in-depth study of cohabitation outside marriage from a mainstream Christian theological perspective.

Alcohol, Addiction and Christian Ethics
Alcohol, Addiction and Christian Ethics

Author: Christopher C. H. Cook

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-05-04

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1139454978

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Addictive disorders are characterised by a division of the will, in which the addict is attracted both by a desire to continue the addictive behaviour and also by a desire to stop it. Academic perspectives on this predicament usually come from clinical and scientific standpoints, with the 'moral model' rejected as outmoded. But Christian theology has a long history of thinking and writing on such problems and offers insights which are helpful to scientific and ethical reflection upon the nature of addiction. Chris Cook reviews Christian theological and ethical reflection upon the problems of alcohol use and misuse, from biblical times until the present day. Drawing particularly upon the writings of St Paul the Apostle and Augustine of Hippo, a critical theological model of addiction is developed. Alcohol dependence is also viewed in the broader ethical perspective of the use and misuse of alcohol within communities.