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Biblical Foundations for Christian Decisions in Self and Society, Marriage and Family, Economic Life, Race Problem, The State War, Peace, and International Order, Culture
Summary From the Publisher: Study ethics from one of the classic texts, written by one of contemporary philosophy's most skilled teachers, Louis P. Pojman, and now revised by best-selling author and editor of the INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY, James Fieser. ETHICS: DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG, Sixth Edition, provides you with a concise yet comprehensive overview of the fundamental obje…
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Other Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and index.
Contents: Evil and God -- Miracles -- Dogma and the universe -- Answers to questions on Christianity -- Myth became fact -- 'Horrid red things' -- Religion and science -- The laws of nature -- The grand miracle -- Christian apologetics -- Work and prayer -- Man or rabbit? -- On the transmission of Christianity -- 'Miserable offenders' -- The founding of the Oxford Socratic Club -- Religion wit…
Contents: pt. 1. A structure for Old Testament ethics. The theological angle -- The social angle -- The economic angle -- pt. 2. Themes in Old Testament ethics. Ecology and the earth -- Economics and the poor -- The land and Christian ethics -- Politics and the nations -- Justice and righteousness -- Law and the legal system -- Culture and family -- The way of the individual -- pt. 3. Studying…
Contents: pt. 1 The sources of Paul's ethical teaching -- The Old Testament and Judaism -- The Hellenistic world -- The teaching of Jesus -- pt. 2 The Pauline exhortations -- The use of traditional material -- The assimilation of traditional material -- The varied modes of exhortation -- The problem of "kerygma" and "didache" -- pt. 3 The themes of Paul's preaching -- This age and the age to co…
Part 1. Ethical Options: All the options -- Antinomianism -- Situationism -- Generalism -- Unqualified absolutism -- Conflicting absolutism -- Graded absolutism -- The basis for ethical decisions -- Part 2. Ethical Issues: Abortion -- Infanticide and euthanasia -- Biomedical issues -- Capital punishment -- War -- Civil disobedience -- Sexual issues -- Homosexuality -- Marriage and divorce -- Ec…