Justice in Love

Name: Justice in Love
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ISBN: 9780802866158

ISBN-10: 0802866158

ISBN-13: 9780802866158

Edition: 2011

Authors: Nicholas Wolterstorff

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An eminent Christian philosopher's thought on the relation between love and justice The concepts of love and justice have long been prominent in the moral culture of the West, yet they are often considered to be hopelessly at odds with one another. In this book acclaimed Christian philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff shows that justice and love are indeed perfectly compatible, and he argues that the commonly perceived tension between them reveals something faulty in our understanding of each. True benevolent love, he says, is always attentive to justice, and love that wreaks injustice can only ever be malformed love. Charitably engaging alternative views, Wolterstorff's Justice in Love is a…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 5/3/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 306
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Benevolence-Agapism



Modern Day Agapism



Classical Modern Day Agapism on the Relation of Love to Justice



Irony and Impossibility in Classical Modern Day Agapism



Niebuhr's Non-Classical Agapism



Care-Agapism



Justice as Love



What Is Justice?



Beginning to Rethink Love



Love as Care



Do Motivations Matter?



Rules of Application for Care



Correcting Two Impressions



Is Care-Agapism Too Easy?



Love, Justice, and the Good



Just and Unjust Love



What Is Forgiveness?



How the Recognition of Forgiveness Came about and What's Its Point?



Does Forgiveness Violate Justice?



Just and Unjust Generosity



Just and Unjust Paternalism



The Justice of God's Love



The Justice of God's Generosity in Romans



What Is Justification and Is It Just?


Index