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Logic of Love: Discovering Paul's "Implicit Ethics" through 1 Corinthians
Hardcover
PhilosophyBible StudiesGeneral Christianity
ISBN13: 9781978703278
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Published: Sep 15 2018
Pages: 362
Weight: 2.07
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
The goal of the present study unfolds in the following four ways. First, in analyzing Pauline writings (primarily Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians) it can be demonstrated that the Apostle can be described as an ethicist. The hypothesis operative here is that in the sources, despite their occasional and situational character and their epistolary form, one can recognize a coherent system of grounds for behavior (i.e., ethics). I call this recognizable ethics implicit ethics.
The variety of forms and the complexity of the reflection in Paul's letters can, in a third point, enrich the discourse of theological ethics. It will be seen, that the rationale for his ethics is pluralistic and simply cannot be described in a one-sided manner as simply being a deontological ethics of norms.
Along these lines, a fourth element is found in stimulating interdisciplinary debates concerning ethics. If one is able to examine and describe the norms and grounds of justification in Biblical ethics using the language and forms of description utilized in modern ethical theory, biblical ethics could once again gain a voice that can be taken seriously in the modern discussion of values. The point is not to have Scripture per se join the discussion but for these texts to function as a laboratory (Paul Ricoeur) in which ethical speech and thought relevant for contemporary concerns can be inspired and encouraged. In a concluding chapter this dialogue is already started by describing specific aspects of Pauline ethics against the background or moral philosophical debate, e.g. bodily ethics - beyond hedonism, ethics of relinquishing - beyond contractual ethics or ethics of love beyond Eudaimonian ethics.
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