| Moral Action and Christian Ethics Contributor(s): Porter, Jean (Author), Gill, Robin (Editor), Clark, Stephen R. L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521657105 ISBN-13: 9780521657105 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1999 Annotation: How do we decide whether an action is right or wrong? Recently, moral philosophers have moved away from the claim that we can find one definite solution to every moral problem by means of clearly established moral rules. While sympathetic to their critiques of modern moral theories, Jean Porter questions whether these go far enough in offering a positive alternative to a modern view of the moral act. Instead, she returns to Aquinas, and seeks to reclaim his understanding of the moral act as a product of interdependent moral virtues. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics - Religion | Christianity - General - Religion | Ethics |
| Dewey: 241 |
| LCCN: BJ1190 |
| Series: New Studies in Christian Ethics |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.46" W x 8.49" (0.84 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: How do we decide whether an action is right or wrong? Recently, moral philosophers have moved away from the claim that we can find one definite solution to every moral problem by means of clearly established moral rules. While sympathetic to their critiques of modern moral theories, Porter questions whether these critiques go far enough in offering a positive alternative to a modern view of the moral act. Instead, she returns to Aquinas, and seeks to reclaim his understanding of the moral act as a product of interdependent moral virtues. |
