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Foundations of ethics / edited by Leroy S. Rouner. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c1983. - xvi, 237 p. ; 24 cm. - Boston University studies in philosophy and religion ; v. 4 .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1. Christianity and modern culture
Part 2. Issues in philosophical ethics
Part 3. Ethics in a world community Kant and the mythic roots of morality / John R. Silber -- Reason, tradition, community / Charles Davis --"But we do see Jesus" / John Howard Yoder -- Pilgrimage to communitarian personalism / Walter G. Muelder -- Utilitarianism and the goodness of persons / Lynda Sharp Paine -- Rights, privacy, and tainted ideals / Edward W. James -- Confession and moral choice / Sissela Bok -- Supererogation / Daniel R. DeNicola -- The ethics of the auspicious / John B. Carman -- Ethics and mysticism / Steven T. Katz -- Tragic choices / Roger S. Gottlieb -- Reflections on the ambiguity of science / Robert S. Cohen.

ISBN: 02680028613

LCCN: 83010280

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics.
Social ethics.
Kant--Mythic roots of morality
Reason, tradition, community
Particularity of incarnation--Universality of truth
Communitarian personalism
Utilitarianism--Goodness of persons
Rights, privacy, and tainted ideals
Confession and moral choice
Supererogation--Artistry in conduct
Ethics of the auspicious
Ethics and mysticism
Tragic choices
Ambiguity of science

LC Class. No.: BJ 1012 / .F637 1983

Dewey Class. No.: 170