Designed for Good: Recovering the Idea, Language, and Practice of Virtue - Softcover

Brown, Kevin J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1619708485 ISBN 13: 9781619708488

Verlag: Hendrickson Publishers Inc, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Kevin J. Browns Designed for Good is a study of classical virtue
ethics from a Christian perspective. This book shows Christians
that their faith contains resources to help them recover the
idea of virtue in the face of our modern moral bewilderment.

Although we may not realize it, we live in a world that is full of
competing ethical systems. Appeals to rights, personal freedom,
or even equality often come with their own meta-values. Each
of these values has something in common with the Christian
message, but none of them tells the whole story.

In this Christian take on classical virtue ethics, Brown weaves in
modern-day examples from economics, politics, and pop culture
to create a relevant framework that relates faith to contemporary
ethical questions. Brown argues that true virtuethe kind we can
actually strive for in our day-to-day livesrequires a holistic vision
of the good life, not a list of rules determined by our preferences
or the latest market trends. Instead, it is precisely what we were
designed for by our Creator: life in the community of Christs body,
the church. Virtue then becomes the pursuit of wholeness in
harmony with Gods design.

Brown introduces the problem of modern ethics and analyzes
common meta-values that readers will likely have encountered in
their workplaces, schools, and possibly even churches. Readers will
especially resonate with the second half of the book, where Brown
outlines the foundations of the holistic, Christian concept of virtue:
to act justly, and love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.

 

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kevin Brown is an associate professor of business at Asbury University
and also serves as the lead editor of the Christian Business Academy
Review. His formal education spans the areas of theology, philosophy,
and economicsand his writing seeks to explore the interplay between
these fields. He resides with his wife and children in Wilmore, Kentucky.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hendrickson Publishers Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1619708485
• ISBN 13: 9781619708488
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 217
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