Biology and Christian EthicsCambridge University Press, 2000/09/18 - 332 ページ This stimulating and wide-ranging book mounts a profound enquiry into some of the most pressing questions of our age, by examining the relationship between biological science and Christianity. The history of biological discovery is explored from the point of view of a leading philosopher and ethicist. What effect should modern biological theory and practice have on Christian understanding of ethics? How much of that theory and practice should Christians endorse? Can Christians, for example, agree that biological changes are not governed by transcendent values, or that there are no clear or essential boundaries between species? To what extent can 'Nature' set our standards? Professor Clark takes a reasoned look at biological theory since Darwin and argues that an orthodox Christian philosophy is better able to accommodate the truth of such theory than is the sort of progressive, meliorist interpretation of Christian doctrine which is usually offered as the properly 'modern' option. |
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... better able to accommodate the truth of such theory than is the sort of progressive , meliorist interpretation of Christian doctrine which has usually been offered as the properly ' modern ' option . Orthodox Christianity and sensible ...
... better able to accommodate the truth of such theory than is the sort of progressive , meliorist interpretation of Christian doctrine which has usually been offered as the properly ' modern ' option . Orthodox Christianity and sensible ...
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... better educated about scientific values . None of these claims strike me as obvious . 5 These include Rabbinic Judaism , the various Christian churches , and Islam : all trace their beginnings to the historical example of Abraham , and ...
... better educated about scientific values . None of these claims strike me as obvious . 5 These include Rabbinic Judaism , the various Christian churches , and Islam : all trace their beginnings to the historical example of Abraham , and ...
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... better way which demands that we take some judgements as merely given . Even those biologists who have most sought to contradict tradition often find it hard to change . Nature is something we both defy and follow , and ' human nature ...
... better way which demands that we take some judgements as merely given . Even those biologists who have most sought to contradict tradition often find it hard to change . Nature is something we both defy and follow , and ' human nature ...
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... better to pay attention to an older and more liberal tradition ? Devotion to the Truth makes sense if we suppose that it is God who is that Truth . But why should we devote ourselves to a Truth that is , expressly , not divine ? Much of ...
... better to pay attention to an older and more liberal tradition ? Devotion to the Truth makes sense if we suppose that it is God who is that Truth . But why should we devote ourselves to a Truth that is , expressly , not divine ? Much of ...
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