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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... 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 biological theory alike can ...
... 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 biological theory alike can ...
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... Truth , which both Jewish and Christian faith ascribes to the Bible , comes to us in many modes , some of them essentially symbolic ' , Robert Murray , The Cosmic Covenant ( Sheed & Ward : London 1992 ) , p . xviii . demands a rigorous ...
... Truth , which both Jewish and Christian faith ascribes to the Bible , comes to us in many modes , some of them essentially symbolic ' , Robert Murray , The Cosmic Covenant ( Sheed & Ward : London 1992 ) , p . xviii . demands a rigorous ...
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... truth ; because it utterly repudiates final causes , and thereby indicates a demoralized understanding on the part of its advocates . By the word , demoralized , I mean a want of capacity for comprehending the force of moral evidence ...
... truth ; because it utterly repudiates final causes , and thereby indicates a demoralized understanding on the part of its advocates . By the word , demoralized , I mean a want of capacity for comprehending the force of moral evidence ...
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... Truth ' ? Is it obvious that there is only one route to the Truth , and that we must abandon everything else to reach it ? Is it obvious that those who abandon an older authority then owe their thoughts to nothing but the Truth ? Is it ...
... Truth ' ? Is it obvious that there is only one route to the Truth , and that we must abandon everything else to reach it ? Is it obvious that those who abandon an older authority then owe their thoughts to nothing but the Truth ? Is it ...
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... 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 what follows will , I hope , be relevant to any humane intelligence . But it may ...
... 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 what follows will , I hope , be relevant to any humane intelligence . But it may ...
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