Karl Barth’s Moral Thought 1st Edition

Karl Barth’s Moral Thought 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780192845528,0192845527,9780192660299, 0192660292

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• ISBN 10: 0192660292
• ISBN 13: 9780192660299
• Author: Gerald McKenny

Does theological ethics articulate moral norms with the assistance of moral philosophy? Or does it leave that task to moral philosophy alone while it describes a distinctively Christian way of acting or form of life? These questions lie at the very heart of theological ethics as a discipline. Karl Barth’s theological ethics makes a strong case for the first alternative. Karl Barth’s Moral Thought follows Barth’s efforts to present God’s grace as a moral norm in his treatments of divine commands, moral reasoning, responsibility, and agency. It shows how Barth’s conviction that grace is the norm of human action generates problems for his ethics at nearly every turn, as it involves a moral good that confronts human beings from outside rather than perfecting them as the kind of creature they are. Yet it defends Barth’s insistence on the right of theology to articulate moral norms, and it shows how Barth may lead theological ethics to exercise that right in a more compelling way than he did.

Table of contents:

1. 1. Karl Barth’s Theological Ethics
2. 2. The Command of God as a Moral Norm
3. 3. The Command of God as a Morally Binding Norm
4. 4. The Continuity of God’s Commands
5. 5. Hearing God’s Command
6. 6. Responsibility and the Moral Subject
7. 7. Divine Action and Human Action

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