Transcendent Character of the Good - Philosophical and Theological Perspectives

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.

List of contents

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. Murdochian Moral Vision
   Rob Compaijen


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


4. Christians and the Transcendence of the Good: A Response to Nigel Biggar
   Maarten Wisse
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. The Relationship of Virtue and Divine Law: Early Reformed Thought and Its Contemporary Appropriation
   David VanDrunen


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


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


11. Family/ies and Transcendence
    Cristina Traina


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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Petruschka (Protestant Theological Univ Schaafsma
• Assisted by: Petruschka Schaafsma (Editor), Schaafsma Petruschka (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032304892
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230489-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics, Christianity, History of Religion, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Church history, Philosophy of religion, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches