1st Edition

A Philosophy of Christian Morals for Today

By Robert Corkey Copyright 2013
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

Philosophers have been sharply divided in attempts to reconcile the validity of the moral distinctions essential to social well-being with the apparent ethical neutrality of the factual world. The failure to find an agreed solution to this problem produced the popular theory of Logical Empiricism, according to which ethical statements are meaningless. This and other kindred doctrines of ethical... Read more

Foreword Prof C.A. Campbell  Preface  1. Ethical Relativism  2. Knowledge of Factual Truth  3. Ethical Perception  4. The Greatest Commandment  5. The Specific Basic Ethical Values  6. The Value of the Individual  7. Benevolence and Justice: As Equally Essential to the Christian Ideal  8. Co-ordinating Ethical Ideas: Personal Duties  9. Co-ordinating Ethical Ideas: Christian Virtues  10. Co-ordinating Ethical Ideas: Rights  11. The Christian Attitude to the State  12. Morality and Religion

Biography

Robert Corkey