Ethics in a Christian ContextPart One describes just what the method of a Christian ethic as a theological discipline involves. Part Two extends the methodological description by contrasting theological ethics with the tradition of Western moral philosophy as represented by Aristotle, Kant, James, Weiss, Fromm and Brandt. . |
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Preface | 13 |
CHRISTIAN THINKING ABOUT ETHICS | 23 |
THE CHURCH AS THE CONTEXT OF ETHICAL REFLECTION | 45 |
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