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On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics
An expansion of the discipline of ethics demonstrates
that Aquinas's \"infusing of virtue\" makes better sense of the moral
life than finding a method to guide action
While teaching ethics is universally applauded, how one goes
about it is much more difficult and contested than is often
recognized.
On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics addresses
what it means to teach and learn ethics through a thorough
comparison of two ethicists, Henry Sidgwick and F. D. Maurice.
Where Sidgwick understood ethics as developing a method for guiding
voluntary action to what is right, Maurice maintained that ethics
concerns life as a whole, and that requires placing it within a
metaphysical and theological realm in which the good is much more
definitive than right. This comparative history argues that
Maurice's use of Thomas Aquinas's \"infusing of virtue\" makes better
sense of the moral life of ordinary persons than the specialized,
academic discipline Sidgwick bequeathed. Long expands the
discipline of ethics through the central theme of his work: that
moral life is a gift rather than an achievement. He provides a
clear argument in favor of a more holistic approach to teaching
ethics.
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West. Widely considered as the most informed work ever written on the social effects of advanced capitalism, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism holds its own as one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The book is one of those rare works of scholarship which no informed citizen can afford to ignore.
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Tolerance among the virtues
In a pluralistic society such as ours, tolerance is a virtue -- but it doesn't always seem so. Some suspect that it entangles us in unacceptable moral compromises and inequalities of power, while others dismiss it as mere political correctness or doubt that it can safeguard the moral and political relationships we value. Tolerance among the Virtues provides a vigorous defense of tolerance against its many critics and shows why the virtue of tolerance involves exercising judgment across a variety of different circumstances and relationships -- not simply applying a prescribed set of rules. Drawing inspiration from St. Paul, Aquinas, and Wittgenstein, John Bowlin offers a nuanced inquiry into tolerance as a virtue. He explains why the advocates and debunkers of toleration have reached an impasse, and he suggests a new way forward by distinguishing the virtue of tolerance from its false look-alikes, and from its sibling, forbearance. Some acts of toleration are right and good, while others amount to indifference, complicity, or condescension. Some persons are able to draw these distinctions well and to act in accord with their better judgment. When we praise them as tolerant, we are commending them as virtuous. Bowlin explores what that commendation means. Tolerance among the Virtues offers invaluable insights into how to live amid differences we cannot endorse -- beliefs we consider false, actions we think are unjust, institutional arrangements we consider cruel or corrupt, and persons who embody what we oppose.
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Architecture, theology, and ethics : making architectural design more just
\"This book explores why and how the design of architecture contributes to Christian pursuits of social and environmental justice. Edwards offers a new understanding of architectural design's relation to Christian ethics and proposes five moral commitments for orienting the design process towards the flourishing of humanity and God's creation\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Human Dignity and Liberal Politics
A deeply considered examination of the \"common good\"
reconciling Catholic Social Thought with secular politics and
philosophy
The Second Vatican Council invites dialogue about the common
good as the set of economic, political, legal, and cultural
conditions for human flourishing, whether as individuals or as
communities. However, some contemporary Catholic authors jeopardize
this dialogue by polarizing liberalism and the common good,
interpreting the commitment to individual liberty as incompatible
with commitment to the common good.
Human Dignity and Liberal Politics clarifies the
meaning of the common good through the three lenses of Aristotelian
practical philosophy, twentieth-century Catholic Social Thought,
and political liberalism. It makes the case that embracing the
common good does not entail a rejection of liberalism, but that a
commitment to liberal politics is compatible with faithful
adherence to the Catholic tradition. The book argues that liberal
political philosophy is not only compatible with Catholic Social
Teaching but may also be the most appropriate framework for
communicating the richness of the Church's tradition today.
Furthermore, accepting political liberalism can facilitate
collaboration in political life between those who hold different
worldviews and foster an enriched discussion of democracy, human
rights, and religious liberty.
Students and scholars of Christian ethics and political
philosophy will benefit from this response to the challenges of
dialogue about the \"common good\" in the context of the resurgence
of this topic.
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