Biology and Christian EthicsThis 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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... matters relevant to this present volume include " The Lack of a Gap between Fact and Value ' in Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 54.1980 , pp . 245ff .; ' Sexual Ontology and the Group Marriage ' in Philosophy 58.1983 , pp ...
... matters relevant to this present volume include " The Lack of a Gap between Fact and Value ' in Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 54.1980 , pp . 245ff .; ' Sexual Ontology and the Group Marriage ' in Philosophy 58.1983 , pp ...
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... matter of unquestioning faith , depend- ent on the authority of sacred texts and persons . My own experience is that scientists are as obdurate in their convictions as anyone , and that the institutions of peer review and academic ...
... matter of unquestioning faith , depend- ent on the authority of sacred texts and persons . My own experience is that scientists are as obdurate in their convictions as anyone , and that the institutions of peer review and academic ...
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Stephen R. L. Clark. religions , distinctions of caste and cult may matter more , in a way , than any difference of species . In Buddhism the human world is only one of six distinct realms of being ( the others being the worlds of ...
Stephen R. L. Clark. religions , distinctions of caste and cult may matter more , in a way , than any difference of species . In Buddhism the human world is only one of six distinct realms of being ( the others being the worlds of ...
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... matter of course , to children , against their parents ' wishes , and irrespective of the effect such 10 ' For the three hundred years prior to Tycho [ Brahe ] , science and religion had coexisted on terms under which science was to be ...
... matter of course , to children , against their parents ' wishes , and irrespective of the effect such 10 ' For the three hundred years prior to Tycho [ Brahe ] , science and religion had coexisted on terms under which science was to be ...
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