Biology and Christian EthicsCambridge University Press, 18/09/2000 - 332 من الصفحات This stimulating and wide-ranging book mounts a profound enquiry into some of the most pressing questions of our age, by examining the relationship between biological science and Christianity. The history of biological discovery is explored from the point of view of a leading philosopher and ethicist. What effect should modern biological theory and practice have on Christian understanding of ethics? How much of that theory and practice should Christians endorse? Can Christians, for example, agree that biological changes are not governed by transcendent values, or that there are no clear or essential boundaries between species? To what extent can 'Nature' set our standards? Professor Clark takes a reasoned look at biological theory since Darwin and argues that an orthodox Christian philosophy is better able to accommodate the truth of such theory than is the sort of progressive, meliorist interpretation of Christian doctrine which is usually offered as the properly 'modern' option. |
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... things generally do behave . Even those creeds that urge us to transcend or correct nature have some vision of the better way which demands that we take some judgements as merely given . Even those biologists who have most sought to ...
... things generally do behave . Even those creeds that urge us to transcend or correct nature have some vision of the better way which demands that we take some judgements as merely given . Even those biologists who have most sought to ...
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... thing . In others , and notably in some Christian sects , they are almost opposite things . A dim reflection of that opposition appears to haunt even some atheistical biologists , who speak of fighting back against ' the selfish gene ...
... thing . In others , and notably in some Christian sects , they are almost opposite things . A dim reflection of that opposition appears to haunt even some atheistical biologists , who speak of fighting back against ' the selfish gene ...
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... things . 15 Conversely , we can value nothing that the facts of our nature make impossible for us . If we cannot sensibly trust ourselves , we cannot even trust our own best image of the trustworthy . If we can identify something as ...
... things . 15 Conversely , we can value nothing that the facts of our nature make impossible for us . If we cannot sensibly trust ourselves , we cannot even trust our own best image of the trustworthy . If we can identify something as ...
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عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
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The development of Darwinian theory | 9 |
Moral and metaphysical assumptions | 58 |
Trying to live in nature | 94 |
The biology of sin | 140 |
Human identities | 187 |
The goals of goodness | 241 |
The end of humanity | 258 |
The covenant with all living creatures | 283 |
Conclusion cosmos and beyond | 301 |
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