โ Scribed by Michael Banner
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
This book by Michael Banner explores and attempts to understand the significance of Christian belief for a range of contemporary and controversial ethical issues including euthanasia, the environment, biotechnology, abortion, the family, sexual ethics, and the distribution of scarce resources for health care. Its importance lies in its attempt to show the crucial difference that Christian belief makes to an understanding of these issues, while at the same time demonstrating some of the weaknesses and confusions of certain popular approaches to them.
Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 16
1 - Turning the world upside down -- and some other tasks for dogmatic Christian ethics......Page 18
2 - Christian anthropology at the beginning and end of life......Page 64
3 - The practice of abortion: a critique......Page 103
4 - Economic devices and ethical pitfalls: quality of life, the distribution of resources and the needs of the elderly......Page 153
5 - Why and how (not) to value the environment......Page 180
6 - On not begging the questions about biotechnology......Page 221
7 - `Who are my mother and my brothers?': Marx, Bonhoeffer and Benedict and the redemption of the family......Page 242
8 - Five churches in search of sexual ethics......Page 269
9 - Prolegomena to a dogmatic sexual ethic......Page 286
Bibliography......Page 327
Index......Page 339
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-321) and index
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