Hospitality to the Stranger: Dimensions of Moral Understanding

by Thomas Ogletree

The essays contained in this book offer exploratory studies towards a constructive account of "fundamental ethics," that is, a basic description of the constitutive components of the moral life. Thomas Ogletree sketches out the systematic components of Christian ethics, relating them to symbolic ethics--the mediation of Christian traditions of moral understanding--and practical ethics--the critical appropriation of scientific studies of factors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664227570
• ISBN13: 9780664227579
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"