A Defence of Theological Ethics
Hulsean Lectures 1964

This book addresses questions about the nature and status of moral personal being and the challenges the humanist poses to the Christian.

G. F. Woods (Author)

9780521113533, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 June 2009

148 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.9 cm, 0.17 kg

The book comprises six lectures delivered in the Divinity School, Cambridge in the Lent Term of 1964. The main concern of the author is the moral challenge to Christian theological ethics from the secular humanist who has a high sense of moral responsibility without any belief in God or in personal immortality. If these lectures only touch upon the ultimate questions about the nature and status of moral personal being, they will enable some secular humanists and some Christians to enter upon conversations which may prove useful to both. In his first chapter the author considers the contemporary challenge to theological ethics from highly moral secular humanism. In particular, he examines the vocabulary which the secular humanist and the Christian are using in speaking of the moral standard. In the five chapters which follow, he deals largely with the diversity of ethical judgement as applied to particular situations. He avoids the use of technical terms.

Preface
1. Challenges to theological ethics
2. Physical standards
3. Personal standards
4. The autonomy of ethics
5. Theological ethics: the creative will of God
6. Theological ethics: the saving will of God
Short bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]