Status
Available
Collection
Description
Steve Wilkens exposes the complex ethical systems lurking behind the most common slogans of our culture, offering a Christian evaluation of each. In this revised and expanded edition, the author has updated his introductory remarks about each ethical system and has included new chapters on evolutionary ethics and narrative ethics.
Subjects
Publication
InterVarsity Press (1995), 203 pages
Language
ISBN
9780830815272
Contents
Bumper stickers & ethical systems --
When in Rome, do as the Romans do: cultural relativism --
Look out for number one: ethical egoism --
I couldn't help myself: behaviorism --
The greatest happiness: utilitarianism --
It's your duty: Kantian ethics --
Be good: virtue ethics --
All you need is love: situation ethics --
Doing what comes naturally: natural law ethics --
God said it, I believe it, that settles it: divine command theory --
Unraveling the options --
When in Rome, do as the Romans do: cultural relativism --
Look out for number one: ethical egoism --
I couldn't help myself: behaviorism --
The greatest happiness: utilitarianism --
It's your duty: Kantian ethics --
Be good: virtue ethics --
All you need is love: situation ethics --
Doing what comes naturally: natural law ethics --
God said it, I believe it, that settles it: divine command theory --
Unraveling the options --