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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462991903321

Autore

Jenkins Willis

Titolo

The future of ethics : sustainability, social justice, and religious creativity / / Willis Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D. C. : , : Georgetown University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-62616-018-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Disciplina

241

Soggetti

Christian ethics

Religious ethics

Human ecology - Religious aspects - Christianity

Human ecology - Religious aspects

Christianity and justice

Religion and justice

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Ethics in the Anthropocene; Chapter One: Atmospheric Powers: Climate Change and Moral Incompetence; Chapter Two: Christian Ethics and Unprecedented Problems; Chapter Three: Global Ethics: Moral Pluralism and Planetary Problems; Chapter Four: Sustainability Science and the Ethics of Wicked Problems; Chapter Five: Toxic Wombs and the Ecology of Justice; Chapter Six: Impoverishment and the Economy of Desire; Chapter Seven: Intergenerational Risk and the Future of Love; Afterword: Sustaining Grace; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S

TU; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

The Future of Ethics interprets the big questions of sustainability and social justice through the practical problems arising from humanity's increasing power over basic systems of life. What does climate change mean for our obligations to future generations? How can the sciences work with pluralist cultures in ways that will help societies learn from



ecological change?. Traditional religious ethics examines texts and traditions and highlights principles and virtuous behaviors that can apply to particular issues. Willis Jenkins develops lines of practical inquiry through ""prophetic pragmatism