Christian Ethics: Christian Flourishing
I have been asked to consider two questions: How Christian oughts' are related to Christian is-es', and, What does Christianity take flourishing to be? The background to these questions is that Christian ethics have traditionally been taken, both by supporters and opponents, as au ethic...
Subtitles: | Christian Ethics: Christian Flourishing |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[1969]
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Religious studies
Year: 1969, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-171 |
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Summary: | I have been asked to consider two questions: How Christian oughts' are related to Christian is-es', and, What does Christianity take flourishing to be? The background to these questions is that Christian ethics have traditionally been taken, both by supporters and opponents, as au ethic of creature-hood, sometimes quite crudely conceived. It is a sketch, but by no means a caricature, of a great deal of standard Christian thinking, to depict it as answering the two questions as follows: (1) God is your Creator: therefore you ought to obey him. (2) The end of man (his true flourishing) is to glorify God and enjoy him for ever. |
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ISSN: | 1469-901X |
Reference: | Kritik in "Fact and Value in Theological Ethics (1969)"
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Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412500004182 |