Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics

Name: Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics
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ISBN: 9780521498081

ISBN-10: 0521498082

ISBN-13: 9780521498081

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Authors: David Fergusson, Robin Gill, Stephen R. L. Clark, Stanley M. Hauerwas, Robin W. Lovin

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This book explores some current issues on the borderland between moral philosophy and Christian theology. Particular attention is paid to the issues at stake between liberals and communitarians and the dispute between realists, non-realists and quasi-realists. In the course of the discussion the writings of Alasdair MacIntyre, George Lindbeck and Stanley Hauerwas are examined. While sympathetic to many of the typical features of post-liberalism, the argument is critical at selected points in seeking to defend realism and accommodate some aspects of liberalism. The position that emerges is more neo-Barthian than post-liberal. In maintaining the distinctiveness of Christian ethics and…

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List price: $52.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/27/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Christian ethical distinctiveness



Ecclesial ethics - Stanley Hauerwas



Moral realism in recent philosophy



Virtue, tradition and God - Alisdair MacIntyre



Communitarians and its critics



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index