The future of ethics : sustainability, social justice, and religious creativity /

Jenkins, Willis,

The future of ethics : sustainability, social justice, and religious creativity / Willis Jenkins. - 1 online resource (viii, 340 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ethics in the anthropocene -- Atmospheric powers: climate change and moral incompetence -- Christian ethics and unprecedented problems -- Global ethics: moral pluralism and planetary problems -- Sustainability science and the ethics of wicked problems -- Toxic wombs and the ecology of justice -- Impoverishment and the economy of desire -- Intergenerational risk and the future of love -- Sustaining grace.

The Future of Ethics interprets the big questions of sustainability and social justice through the practical problems arising from humanity's increasing power over basic systems of life. What does climate change mean for our obligations to future generations? How can the sciences work with pluralist cultures in ways that will help societies learn from ecological change?. Traditional religious ethics examines texts and traditions and highlights principles and virtuous behaviors that can apply to particular issues. Willis Jenkins develops lines of practical inquiry through ""prophetic pragmatism.

9781626160187 (electronic bk.) 162616018X (electronic bk.)

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22573/ctt582fp0 JSTOR


Christian ethics.
Religious ethics.
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Human ecology--Religious aspects.
Christianity and justice.
Religion and justice.
Morale religieuse.
Écologie humaine--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Écologie humaine--Aspect religieux.
Justice--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Justice--Aspect religieux.
religious ethics.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Ethics.
Christian ethics.
Christianity and justice.
Human ecology--Religious aspects.
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Religion and justice.
Religious ethics.
Ethik
Religion
Christliche Ethik
Zukunft


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