Christian ethics and contemporary moral problems / / Michael Banner [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Banner Michael C.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 325 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 241/.043
• Soggetto topico: Christian ethics - Anglican authors; Ethical problems
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-321) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses such key ethical issues as euthanasia, the environment, biotechnology, abortion, the family, sexual ethics, and the distribution of health care resources. Michael Banner argues that the task of Christian ethics is to understand the world and humankind in the light of the credal affirmations of the Christian faith, and to explicate this understanding in its significance for human action through a critical engagement with the concerns, claims and problems of other ethics. He illustrates both the distinctiveness of Christian convictions in relation to the above issues and also the critical dialogue with practices based on other convictions which this sense of distinctiveness motivates but does not prevent. The book's importance lies in its attempt to show the crucial difference which Christian belief makes to an understanding of these issues, whilst at the same time demonstrating some of the weaknesses and confusions of certain popular approaches to them.
• Altri titoli varianti: Christian Ethics & Contemporary Moral Problems
• Titolo autorizzato: Christian ethics and contemporary moral problems
• ISBN: 0-511-60611-7; 0-511-15629-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450266903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II