Finite, Contingent, and Free - A New Ethics of Acceptance

Finite, Contingent, and Free is a Roman Catholic perspective that views acceptance as the proper response to the conditions of human existence, and the foundation for ethics.

List of contents

Part 1 Part I: The Human Person and the Terms of Existence Chapter 2 Contingency and Finitude as Conditions of Existence Chapter 3 Freedom and Personhood in a Non-Newtonian Paradigm Chapter 4 Moral Luck and Vulnerability Part 5 Part II: Implications for Ethics Chapter 6 Vulnerability and Acceptance in Our Mutual Friend: A Case Study Chapter 7 An Ethics of Active Acceptance

About the author

Joyce Kloc McClure is assistant professor of religion at Oberlin College.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce McClure, Joyce Kloc McClure
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2003
• EAN: 9780742514058
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1405-8
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy of religion, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church