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Creation Ethics

Author : David DeGrazia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190232447
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Creation Ethics written by David DeGrazia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ethics of creating -- or declining to create -- human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on "self-creation"; and discussions of procreative rights and responsibilities, genetic engineering, and future generations. Here, for the first time, is a sustained, scholarly analysis of all of these issues -- a discussion combining breadth of topics with philosophical depth, imagination with current scientific understanding, argumentative rigor with accessibility. The overarching aim of Creation Ethics is to illuminate a broad array of issues connected with reproduction and genetics, through the lens of moral philosophy. With novel frameworks for understanding prenatal moral status and human identity, and exceptional fairness to those holding different views, David DeGrazia sheds new light on the ethics of abortion and embryo research, genetic enhancement and prenatal genetic interventions, procreation and parenting, and decisions that affect the quality of life of future generations. Along the way, he helpfully introduces personal identity theory and value theory as well as such complex topics as moral status, wrongful life, and the "nonidentity problem." The results include a subjective account of human well-being, a standard for responsible procreation and parenting, and a theoretical bridge between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist ethical theories. The upshot is a synoptic, mostly liberal vision of the ethics of creating human beings.

The Ethics of Knowledge Creation

Author : Lisette Josephides
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785334050
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of Knowledge Creation written by Lisette Josephides and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropology lies at the heart of the human sciences, tackling questions having to do with the foundations, ethics, and deployment of the knowledge crucial to human lives. The Ethics of Knowledge Creation focuses on how knowledge is relationally created, how local knowledge can be transmuted into ‘universal knowledge’, and how the transaction and consumption of knowledge also monitors its subsequent production. This volume examines the ethical implications of various kinds of relations that are created in the process of ‘transacting knowledge’ and investigates how these transactions are also situated according to broader contradictions or synergies between ethical, epistemological, and political concerns.

Creation Ethics

Author : David DeGrazia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199974101
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Creation Ethics written by David DeGrazia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ethics of creating -- or declining to create -- human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on "self-creation"; and discussions of procreative rights and responsibilities, genetic engineering, and future generations. Here, for the first time, is a sustained, scholarly analysis of all of these issues -- a discussion combining breadth of topics with philosophical depth, imagination with current scientific understanding, argumentative rigor with accessibility. The overarching aim of Creation Ethics is to illuminate a broad array of issues connected with reproduction and genetics, through the lens of moral philosophy. With novel frameworks for understanding prenatal moral status and human identity, and exceptional fairness to those holding different views, David DeGrazia sheds new light on the ethics of abortion and embryo research, genetic enhancement and prenatal genetic interventions, procreation and parenting, and decisions that affect the quality of life of future generations. Along the way, he helpfully introduces personal identity theory and value theory as well as such complex topics as moral status, wrongful life, and the "nonidentity problem." The results include a subjective account of human well-being, a standard for responsible procreation and parenting, and a theoretical bridge between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist ethical theories. The upshot is a synoptic, mostly liberal vision of the ethics of creating human beings.

Theology, Creation, and Environmental Ethics

Author : Whitney Bauman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135839875
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Theology, Creation, and Environmental Ethics written by Whitney Bauman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, 2009 This book argues that the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing) sets up a support system for a "logic of domination" toward human and earth others. Conceptually inspired by the work of theologian Catherine Keller and feminist philosopher of the environment Val Plumwood, it follows a genealogical method in examining how the concept of creation out of nothing materializes in the world throughout different periods in the history of the Christian West.

Genethics

Author : David Heyd
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520313488
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Genethics written by David Heyd and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unprecedented advances in medicine, genetic engineering, and demographic forecasting raise new questions that strain the categories and assumptions of traditional ethical theories. Heyd's approach resolves many paradoxes in intergenerational justice, while offering a major test case for the profound problems of the limits of ethics and the nature of value. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics

Author : Gilbert Meilaender
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks Online
ISBN 13 : 0199227225
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics written by Gilbert Meilaender and published by Oxford Handbooks Online. This book was released on 2007-08-09 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation What are the practical and theoretical issues that concern and shape theological ethics? This handbook offers a guide to the discipline. Written by an international group of 30 scholars, the book is aimed at all students and academics who want to explore more fully essential topics in Christian ethics.

Ethics and the Problem of Evil

Author : Marilyn McCord Adams
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253024382
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Ethics and the Problem of Evil written by Marilyn McCord Adams and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative essays that seek “to turn the attention of analytic philosophy of religion on the problem of evil . . . towards advances in ethical theory” (Reading Religion). The contributors to this book—Marilyn McCord Adams, John Hare, Linda Zagzebski, Laura Garcia, Bruce Russell, Stephen Wykstra, and Stephen Maitzen—attended two University of Notre Dame conferences in which they addressed the thesis that there are yet untapped resources in ethical theory for affecting a more adequate solution to the problem of evil. The problem of evil has been an extremely active area of study in the philosophy of religion for many years. Until now, most sources have focused on logical, metaphysical, and epistemological issues, leaving moral questions as open territory. With the resources of ethical theory firmly in hand, this volume provides lively insight into this ageless philosophical issue. “These essays—and others—will be of primary interest to scholars working in analytic philosophy of religion from a self-consciously Christian standpoint, but its audience is not limited to such persons. The book offers illustrative examples of how scholars in philosophy of religion understand their aims and how they go about making their arguments . . . hopefully more work will follow this volume’s lead.”—Reading Religion “Recommended.”—Choice

Creation and Christian Ethics

Author : Dennis P. Hollinger
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 149344431X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Creation and Christian Ethics written by Dennis P. Hollinger and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creation is a foundational pillar of the biblical storyline, yet it plays little role in contemporary evangelical ethics. Seeking to correct this oversight, Dennis Hollinger employs the creation story and creation themes throughout Scripture as a foundation for Christian ethics. After demonstrating why creation is theologically significant and important for Christian ethics, Hollinger develops major creation paradigms that provide ethical guidance on a wide range of issues, including money, sex, power, racism, creation care, social institutions, and artificial intelligence, among many others. Creation and Christian Ethics shows throughout that the triune God creates from love, and in that creation are moral designs for humanity's journey in God's world. Professors and students of Christian ethics will find this a valuable resource for the classroom, while pastors and church leaders will benefit from personal and small-group study.

The Ethics of Listening

Author : Elizabeth S. Parks
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498573274
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of Listening written by Elizabeth S. Parks and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are ways of being in the world that create a flourishing life and other ways that restrict that life, both for ourselves and others. Listening is one of these ways of being. Listening gives shape to speaking, inviting other people into a dialogue that impacts our everyday lives. Our acts of listening, like all communication, are shaped by our cultural and individual differences. Unfortunately, as people consider ways to ethically listen, they often abide by a set of conversational rules that do not reflect or benefit their own or others’ unique contexts and communities. In this book, Parks responds to gaps in scholarship related to listening in communication research and difference in ethics scholarship. Rather than imposing a rigid ethical norm that is unresponsive to diverse cultural practices, her proposed listening ethic is one that is highly contextualized and pluralistic and yet dares to make normative claims. Using discourse research methods that are both qualitative and quantitative, Parks goes beyond describing what listening is in a given context to what ethical listening should be. Empirical findings about listening from multiple communities that represent diverse ethnic, gender, and disability orientations are interwoven with insights from communication ethics to develop the first-ever dialogic ethics of listening that is empirically-based, culturally-grounded, and normative. Ten shared values emerge as guidelines for good listening in this ethic: be open, cultivate understanding, practice authenticity, engage in critical thinking, invest in relationship, care for the dialogue, focus on what matters, be intentionally present, remember the ongoing story, and be responsive to need. These values, while shared across cultures, may be expressed in a diverse and sometimes conflicting communicative practices. Ultimately, Parks proposes that ethical listening is best conceptualized as pursuit of sustainable hospitality in our dialogic interactions within and across difference. By understanding the ways that different people share listening values yet practice them differently, we can learn to trust each other and attest to the hope that ethical dialogue is possible.

Creation and Abortion

Author : Frances Myrna Kamm
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195072847
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Creation and Abortion written by Frances Myrna Kamm and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a non-consequentialist ethical theory, this book critically examines the prevalent view that if a fetus has the moral standing of a person, it has a right to life and abortion is impermissible. Most discussion of abortion has assumed that this view is correct, and so has focused on the question of the personhood of the fetus. Kamm begins by considering in detail the permissibility of killing in non-abortion cases which are similar to abortion cases. She goes on to consider the case for the permissibility of abortion in many types of pregnancies, including ones resulting from rape, voluntary pregnancy, and pregnancy resulting from a voluntary sex act, even if the fetus is considered a person. This argument emerges as part of a broader theory of creating new people responsibly. Kamm explores the implications of this argument for informed consent to abortion; responsibilities in pregnancy that is not aborted, and the significance of extra-uterine gestation devices for the permissibility of abortion.

Governance Ethics: Global value creation, economic organization and normativity

Author : Josef Wieland
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319079239
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Governance Ethics: Global value creation, economic organization and normativity by : Josef Wieland

Download or read book Governance Ethics: Global value creation, economic organization and normativity written by Josef Wieland and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the functioning and effects of moral rules and values as endogenous elements of governance structures when applied to economic and social transactions. The point of departure and framework of this book is Josef Wieland's theory of Ethics of Governance. Its focal point is the governance of the normative aspects of corporations. The Ethics of Governance is a comparative research project on business and economic ethics which started 15 years ago. Divided into five chapters, the book provides a comprehensive insight into the theoretical foundation and application-oriented results of the research project. It covers theoretical, conceptual and practical challenges in the global economy with regard to a sustainable economy, the social responsibility of corporations, and their transcultural and normative management. By offering comprehensive insight into the research results of the Ethics of Governance project, this book provides a unique scientific work on business and economic ethics.

Creation, Environment and Ethics

Author : Rebekah Humphreys
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443825433
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Creation, Environment and Ethics written by Rebekah Humphreys and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creation, Environment and Ethics aims to contribute to a critical understanding of ethics, evolution and creation, and to provide a pluralistic response to some of the most pressing issues facing the global environment today. Following the example of Professor Robin Attfield, this volume aims to reflect the diverse responses with which theological, ethical and evolutionary discourses have contributed to the broad scope of environmental philosophy and also to ongoing debates about creation and evolution. Critiques of the work of Attfield are provided by prominent philosophers, and Attfield provides a clear and thorough response to each of these critiques in turn. The broad ranging nature of this book will appeal to environmentalists, ethicists, theologians and students alike. Some of the contributions also offer more pragmatic approaches to environmental issues such as climate change, development and sustainability, which will be of interest to a general as well as to an academic readership.

Doctrine of Creation

Author : Colin E. Gunton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 056722970X
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Doctrine of Creation written by Colin E. Gunton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2004-07-09 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study by leading scholars from around the world engages with central hermeneutical, philosophical and theological dimensions of the doctrine of creation. Particular prominence is given to discussion of creation 'out of nothing'm the relation of eternal creator to temporal creation, the Trinitarian construction of the doctrine and its ethical implications. The essays comprise: -Robert Jenson on the doctrine of creation -Paul Helm on eternal creation -Colin Gunton on Genesis and on the Reformers -Alan Torrance on spatio-temporal dimensions -Daniel Hardy on creation and eschatology -Brian Horne on divine and human creativity -Christoph Schwobel on God, creation and the Christian community These expert contributions open up new dimensions to an important topic currently receiving renewed attention.

Moral Status

Author : Mary Anne Warren
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191588156
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Moral Status written by Mary Anne Warren and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1997-11-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Anne Warren explores a theoretical question which lies at the heart of practical ethics: what are the criteria for having moral status? In other words, what are the criteria for being an entity towards which people have moral obligations? Some philosophers maintain that there is one intrinsic property—for instance, life, sentience, humanity, or moral agency. Others believe that relational properties, such as belonging to a human community, are more important. In Part I of the book, Warren argues that no single property can serve as the sole criterion for moral status; instead, life, sentience, moral agency, and social and biotic relationships are all relevant, each in a different way. She presents seven basic principles, each focusing on a property that can, in combination with others, legitimately affect an agent's moral obligations towards entities of a given type. In Part II, these principles are applied in an examination of three controversial ethical issues: voluntary euthanasia, abortion

Reformed Ethics

Author : Herman Bavinck
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 9780801098222
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Reformed Ethics written by Herman Bavinck and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the 20th century. The English translation was edited by leading Bavinck expert John Bolt, who now brings forth a recently discovered manuscript from Bavinck that is being published for the first time. Serving as a companion to Reformed Dogmatics, Reformed Ethics offers readers Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. This book, the second of three planned volumes, covers the duties of the Christian life and includes Bavinck's exposition of the Ten Commandments.

Createdness and Ethics

Author : Hans Schaeffer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110916878
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Createdness and Ethics written by Hans Schaeffer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a systematic description of the theologies of Colin E. Gunton (1941‐2003) and Oswald Bayer (b. 1939). Their use of the doctrine of creation in systematic theology has remarkable consequences for late-modern theological ethics. This book explores those consequences from the example of the theological doctrine of marriage. The author also contributes to the ecumenical debate by building on the Neo-Calvinist theological heritage.

Restoring the Ethics of Creation

Author : Andrew Sibley
Publisher : Anno Mudi Books
ISBN 13 : 9780954392222
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book Restoring the Ethics of Creation written by Andrew Sibley and published by Anno Mudi Books. This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Sibley argues that as a result of the rise of the Darwinian faith system and belief in the certainty of technological progress and unrestrained capitalism, we have lost a proper respect for nature and humanity. Ethical standards are now based on subjective criteria where each person is able to decide his or her own conduct, often living for self in a grand struggle for survival. No more is seen the providential God who offers blessing and grace to mankind, nor the divine Sovereign who requires people to live in partnership with his will and purpose. However, the Christian tradition known as Natural Theology has seen in nature the appearance of design, but more than that, it has pointed to the power, wisdom and goodness of the Designer and goes on to inform our conduct as Paul noted in Romans 1:20. This twin book approach enriches our lives, with the book of Scripture in the one hand, and the book of nature in the other, giving mankind rights, duties and a purpose in caring for one another and for creation. If as Christians we are really concerned with ethical standards, then we must restore and develop a proper understanding of the Natural Theology tradition, both in terms of the appearance of design seen in nature, and also in terms of our response to the Creator. Andrew Sibley, (BSc, MSc EDM (Open), FRMetS) has worked as a weather forecaster for a number of years, including presentation of forecasts on BBC local radio. He completed an MSc in Environmental Decision Making in 2003 with the Open University, and as a Christian he has developed a keen interest in environmental and social ethics. He is also a Council Member of the Creation Science Movement based in Portsmouth, which was founded in 1932 to challenge the ethical, theological and scientific implications that belief in evolution presents to society.