The Disappearance of Ethics: The Gifford Lectures

by Oliver O'Donovan

Book Overview

The capstone lectures of esteemed ethicist Oliver O'Donovan

What is the future of ethics? Oliver O'Donovan addresses a discipline in crisis in The Disappearance of Ethics. Based on the 2021 Gifford Lectures, this book contends that contemporary ethics has lost its object (good), frontier (time), and agent (person).

O'Donovan traces the development of these concepts from Greek philosophy through early Christianity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802884970
• ISBN13: 9780802884978
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"