عنوان

Justice and Christian ethics /

0521050553

052149639X

9780521050555

9780521496391

b779947

Justice and Christian ethics /

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E. Clinton Gardner.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

1995.

xiv, 179 pages ;

23 cm.

New studies in Christian ethics

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-176) and index.

1. Introduction -- The relations of law and religion -- A study in theological ethics -- Method of inquiry -- Procedure -- 2. The classical tradition of virtue -- Justice based on virtue -- The structures of justice -- Moral components of justice -- The insufficiency of justice -- 3. The righteousness of God and human justice -- The theocentric character of biblical faith -- Biblical conceptions of covenant -- The relation of covenant to law -- The law and the prophets -- The structure of covenantal justice -- Forms of justice -- 4. Justice in the Puritan covenantal tradition -- Historical background -- The two covenants: works and grace -- The covenantal basis of community -- Justice and virtue -- Justice and law: equity -- Justice as a public trust -- Rights and liberties -- 5. John Locke: justice and the social compact -- The law of nature -- Natural rights -- The social compact -- Justice -- Locke's concept of property -- Justice and charity -- Trust -- 6. The American Republic -- a case study: civic virtue and the public good -- The ideological roots of the Republic -- Covenant and compact in colonial America -- The creation of the Republic (1776-1787) -- An experiment in representative democracy -- Law, religion, and the democratic process -- 7. Covenant, justice, and law -- The covenantal basis of society -- Virtue, covenant, and pluralism -- Covenant, responsibility, and accountability -- Accountability and democracy -- Justice as obligation -- Natural rights -- Human rights -- Covenant: human rights and the common good -- Justice as vocation -- The renewal and transformation of justice.

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