| Description |
1 online resource (153 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion |
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Routledge library editions. Philosophy of religion.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Table of Contents; 1. ETHICAL RELATIVISM; 2. KNOWLEDGE OF FACTUAL TRUTH; 3. ETHICAL PERCEPTION; 4. THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT; 5. THE SPECIFIC BASIC ETHICAL VALUES; 6. THE VALUE OF THE INDIVIDUAL; 7. BENEVOLENCE AND JUSTICE: AS EQUALLY ESSENTIAL TO THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL; 8. CO-ORDINATING ETHICAL IDEAS 1. PERSONAL DUTIES; 9. CO-ORDINATING ETHICAL IDEAS 2. CHRISTIAN VIRTUES; 10. CO-ORDINATING ETHICAL IDEAS 3. RIGHTS; 11. THE CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE TO THE STATE |
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12. MORALITY AND RELIGIONA. Generally Accepted Christian Beliefs; B. Defective Statements of Doctrine; C. Ultimate Affirmations; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
Philosophers have been sharply divided in attempts to reconcile the validity of the moral distinctions essential to social well-being with the apparent ethical neutrality of the factual world. The failure to find an agreed solution to this problem produced the popular theory of Logical Empiricism, according to which ethical statements are meaningless. This and other kindred doctrines of ethical relativism that emerged in the first half of the twentieth century, are obviously fatal to the Christian belief that there is 'down here below' a recognisable Kingdom of God that men were born to ser |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian ethics.
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Christian ethics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135975852 |
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113597585X |
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