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Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics David Fergusson (University of Aberdeen)

Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics By David Fergusson (University of Aberdeen)

Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics by David Fergusson (University of Aberdeen)


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This book is an examination of issues in the related fields of moral philosophy and Christian theology. It raises the question of whether and to what extent Christian moral presuppositions are distinctive or are held in common with other persons and communities.

Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics Summary

Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics by David Fergusson (University of Aberdeen)

This book explores some 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 community, the book also seeks to acknowledge common moral ground held by those within and without the church.

Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics Reviews

'This is a tightly argued monograph which makes a significant contribution to the growing prestigious Cambridge series of New Studies in Christian Ethics. A book for students of theology and of philosophy, and for the library shelves of all theological colleges.' Church Times

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Christian ethical distinctiveness; 3. Ecclesial ethics - Stanley Hauerwas; 4. Moral realism in recent philosophy; 5. Virtue, tradition and God - Alisdair MacIntyre; 6. Communitarians and its critics; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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NPB9780521496780
9780521496780
0521496780
Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics by David Fergusson (University of Aberdeen)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
1998-11-26
234
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