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050 4 _aBJ1012 -- .W515 2011eb
082 0 _a171
100 1 _aWilkens, Steve.
245 1 0 _aBeyond Bumper Sticker Ethics :
_bAn Introduction to Theories of Right and Wrong.
250 _a2nd ed.
264 1 _aWestmont :
_bInterVarsity Press,
_c2011.
264 4 _c©2011.
300 _a1 online resource (241 pages)
336 _atext
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505 0 _aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1: Bumper Stickers and Ethical Systems -- Getting Beyond Bumper Sticker Ethics -- Ethical Options -- Ethics as a Discipline -- Theory and Life -- Ethics and Worldviews -- Ultimate Reality -- Human Nature -- A Word About Strategy -- 2: When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do -- Cultural Relativism -- Cognitive Relativism -- Moral Judgment -- Summary -- The Positive Side of Cultural Relativism -- Potential Problems in Cultural Relativism -- Conclusion -- 3: Look Out for Number One -- Ethics and Reason -- Egoism and Society -- Summary -- The Positive Side of Egoism -- Potential Problems in Egoism -- Conclusion -- 4: I Couldn't Help Myself -- Freedom and Determinism -- Behavioral Control -- Behaviorism and Ethics -- Summary -- The Positive Side of Behaviorism -- Potential Problems in Behaviorism -- Conclusion -- 5: Survival of the (Ethical) Fittest -- The Roots of Evolutionary Ethics -- Sociobiology-A New Start for Evolutionary Ethics -- The Core Beliefs of Evolutionary Ethics -- In the Beginning: Matter, Genes and Survival Machines -- How Genes Became Moral -- Minds, Culture and Religion -- Summary -- Positive Elements in Evolutionary Ethics -- Potential Problems with Evolutionary Ethics -- Conclusion -- 6: The Greatest Happiness -- For the Greatest Number -- Utilitarianism as Consequentialism -- Quantitative Utilitarianism -- Qualitative Utilitarianism -- Positive Aspects of Utilitarian Ethics -- Potential Problems of Utilitarianism -- Conclusion -- 7: It's Your Duty -- The Categorical Imperative -- The Categorical Imperative: Version Two -- Summary -- Positive Aspects of Kantian Ethics -- Potential Problems for Kantian Ethics -- Conclusion -- 8: Be Good -- What Is Virtue? -- Recognizing the Virtues -- Aiming at the Ideal -- Character -- Virtue and Reason.
505 8 _aWhy Be Virtuous? -- Christianity and Virtue -- Summary -- Positive Aspects of Virtue Ethics -- Potential Problems in Virtue Ethics -- Conclusion -- 9: The Moral of the Story Is . . . -- A Story Within a Story -- Ethics as If Life Matters -- Description and Prescription -- Christian Ethics as Narrative Ethics -- Scripture and the Church -- Summary -- The Positive Side of Hauerwas's Narrative Ethics -- Potential Problems in Hauerwas's Narrative Ethics -- Conclusion -- 10: All You Need Is Love -- The Ethics of Love -- Situation Ethics and Agapē -- Between Legalism and Antinomianism -- How Love Works -- Summary -- The Positive Side of Situation Ethics -- Potential Problems in Situation Ethics -- Conclusion -- 11: Doing What Comes Naturally -- A Connected Universe -- What's "Natural" About Natural Law? -- The "Law" in Natural Law -- Other Levels of Law -- Natural Law and the Gospel -- Summary -- The Positive Side of Natural Law -- Potential Problems in Natural Law Ethics -- Conclusion -- 12: God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It -- Human Limitation-Dependent, Sinful and Mentally Inadequate -- Goodness and Creation -- God's Logic and Human Understanding -- Trust and Obey -- Summary -- Positive Aspects in Divine Command Theory -- Potential Problems for Divine Command Theory -- Conclusion -- 13: Unraveling the Options -- Why Does It Have to Be So Complicated? -- Reaching a Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Bumper Stickers and Ethical Systems -- Chapter 2: When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do -- Chapter 3: Look Out for Number One -- Chapter 4: I Couldn't Help Myself -- Chapter 5: Survival of the (Ethical) Fittest -- Chapter 6: The Greatest Happiness -- Chapter 7: It's Your Duty -- Chapter 8: Be Good -- Chapter 9: The Moral of the Story Is . . . -- Chapter 10: All You Need Is Love -- Chapter 11: Doing What Comes Naturally.
505 8 _aChapter 12: God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It -- About the Author -- Hidden Worldviews: Eight Cultural Stories That Shape Our Lives -- Faith and Reason: Three Views -- Christianity &amp -- Western Thought, Volume 2: Faith &amp -- Reason in the 19th Century -- Christianity and Western Thought, Volume 3: Journey to Postmodernity in the Twentieth Century -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press -- Finding the Textbook You Need.
520 _aSteve Wilkens exposes the complex ethical systems lurking behind the most common slogans of our culture, offering a Christian evaluation of each. In this revised and expanded edition, the author has updated his introductory remarks about each ethical system and has included new chapters on evolutionary ethics and narrative ethics.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEthics.
650 0 _aChristian ethics.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aWilkens, Steve
_tBeyond Bumper Sticker Ethics
_dWestmont : InterVarsity Press,c2011
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797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
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