Covenant, Community, and the Common Good: An Interpretation of Christian Ethics
- ISBN-10
- 0829813551
- ISBN-13
- 9780829813555
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pilgrim Press
- Author
- Eric Mount
Description
"Covenant - a basis of Reformed theology and ethics - fell on hard times in the 1970s and 1980s because it seemed to carry with it unredeemable patriarchical presuppositions. Common good - a strong category for Catholic moral thought - suffered a similar demise because it seemed to lack the needed precision for useful analysis. In Covenant, Community, and the Common Good, Eric Mount offers a refinement of both terms in the context of community. The resulting ethics promotes egalitarian goods of community, vocation, and equitable distribution. Mount presents a contemporary understanding of ethics that can address the current debates on family values, work and welfare, civil society and virtue, and our growing global community."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
