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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ethics and Morals | |
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| Distinguishing between Morality and Ethics Today | |
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| Biblical Ethics? | |
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| Subdivisions of Ethics | |
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| Incentives for Studying Ethics | |
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| Christian Ethics Reflecting the Imago Dei | |
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| Christian Ethics in Faith and Life | |
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| The Instability of Ethics: Responsive and Contextual | |
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| Signals of a Moral Crisis | |
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| Technology and Moral Confusion | |
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| Tracing the Moral Climate of Today | |
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| Moral Argumentation | |
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| A Case Study in Bribery | |
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| Four Approaches | |
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| Ethics and Worldview | |
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| Moral Philosophy and Moral Theology | |
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| Philosophy and Theology in Relation to Ethics | |
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| Consequential Ethics | |
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| Popular Hedonism | |
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| Classical Hedonism: Epicurus | |
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| Modern Hedonism | |
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| Utilitarianism | |
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| Ethics of Responsibility | |
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| Principle Ethics | |
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| The Theonomous Principle Ethics of Thomas Aquinas | |
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| The Theonomous Principle Ethics of John Calvin | |
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| The Autonomous Principle Ethics of Immanuel Kant | |
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| Post-Kantian Theonomous Principle Ethics | |
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| Character Ethics and the Virtues | |
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| The Classical Virtues: Aristotle | |
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| The Christian Virtues | |
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| Character Ethics: Stanley Hauerwas_Community, Narrative, and Character | |
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| Value Ethics and Personalism | |
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| Max Scheler's Value Ethics | |
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| The Personalism of Emmanuel Levinas | |
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| The Triune God and the Good | |
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| Theocentrism and Ethics | |
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| The Trinity and God's Absolute Love | |
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| The Trinity and Theological Balance | |
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| The Father: Creator and Lawgiver | |
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| Christ as Redeemer | |
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| The Holy Spirit: Sanctifier | |
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| The Ethical Human Being | |
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| Human Dignity and the Imago Dei | |
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| Relational Anthropology and Ethics | |
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| The Moral Conscience | |
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| The Use of the Bible in Christian Ethics | |
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| The Authority of the Bible and Ethics | |
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| Problems with the Use of the Bible in Ethics | |
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| The Diversity of the Bible | |
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| The Use of Scripture in a Theological Framework | |
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| A Variegated Biblical Ethics | |
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| The Commandments and the Iceberg Model | |
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| The Messiah and the Revolution of Values | |
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| Purpose Ethics: Happy in God's Kingdom | |
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| Character Ethics: A New Creation | |
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| Facing Moral Problems | |
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| Thinking Through the Matrix | |
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| Moral Antinomies | |
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| Concluding Thoughts | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Scripture Index | |