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The Transcendent Character of the Good: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

The Transcendent Character of the Good Philosophical and Theological Perspectives

Edited By Petruschka Schaafsma Copyright 2023
242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

This volume addresses issues of moral pluralism and polarization by drawing attention to the transcendent character of the good. It probes the history of Christian theology and moral philosophy to investigate the value of this idea and then relates it to contemporary moral issues. The good is transcendent in that it goes beyond concrete goods, things, acts, or individual preferences. It... Read more

Introduction. The Image of a Moral Compass: Drawing Attention to the Transcendent Character of the Good in Times of Pluralism and Polarization
Petruschka Schaafsma

Part I – Metaphysics: The Nature of Reality and the Good

  1. Liberal Naturalism and God
    Fiona Ellis

    2.

  2. Murdochian Moral Vision
    Rob Compaijen

    3.

  3. Goods, Rights, and Universality: A Christian View
    Nigel Biggar

    4.

  4. Christians and the Transcendence of the Good: A Response to Nigel Biggar
    Maarten Wisse

    5.

    Part II – Epistemology: On Knowing the Good and (not) Doing it

  5. Law, Virtue, and Protestant Ethics: Historical Bearings and Prospects for Rapprochement with Aristotelian Naturalism
    Jennifer A. Herdt

  6. Natural Goods and Divine Law: Protestant Theological Contributions to Neo-Aristotelian Naturalism
    Pieter Vos

    7.

  7. The Relationship of Virtue and Divine Law: Early Reformed Thought and Its Contemporary Appropriation
    David VanDrunen

    8.

  8. Law, Virtue, and Duty in Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretico-Practica Theologia
    Dominique Klamer

    9. Part III – Topical Moral Issues: Transcendence of the Good in Euthanasia and the Family

  9. When Conscience Wavers: Some Reflections on the Normalization of Euthanasia in Belgium
    Willem Lemmens

    10.

  10. How Legal Euthanasia Continues to be Transgressive: Some Observations from the Netherlands
    A. Stef Groenewoud and Theo A. Boer

    11.

  11. Family/ies and Transcendence
    Cristina Traina

    12.

  12. The Family as Mystery: Why Taking into Account Transcendence is Needed in Current Family Debates
    Petruschka Schaafsma

Biography

Petruschka Schaafsma is Professor of Theological Ethics at the Protestant Theological University in the Netherlands. She runs a research program in the field of ethics and theology on the meaning of family, with special attention for the aspects of givenness and dependence. On this topic, she has written a monograph Family and Christian Ethics, Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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