Altruism and Christian Ethics
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Part of New Studies in Christian Ethics
- Author: Colin Grant, University of New Brunswick
- Date Published: December 2000
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521791441
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Separated from its anchorage in religion, ethics has followed the social sciences in seeing human beings as fundamentally characterized by self-interest, so that altruism is either naively idealistic or arrogantly self-sufficient. Colin Grant contends that, as a modern secular concept, altruism is a parody on the self-giving love of Christianity, so that its dismissal represents a social leveling that loses the depths that theology makes intelligible and religion makes possible. He argues that to dispense with altruism is to dispense with God and with the divine transformation of human possibilities.
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"...the book is an engaging and valuable addition to the literature on altruism." Journal of Religion
See more reviews"Grant offers a careful analysis of recent secular literature on altruism...he provides a compelling critique of sociobiology's interpretation of altruism...Grant book is a highly nuanced examination of much of the literature on altruism and agape...It is readable and interesting...most informative" Theology Today
"It provides a useful introduction to features of and debates surrounding altruism and makes clear the role Christian ethics can play in defending and promoting it." Religious Studies Review
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- Date Published: December 2000
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521791441
- length: 288 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.456kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Alien Altruism:
1. Explanations for altruism
2. Evidence of altruism
3. The elusiveness of altruism
Part II. Ideal Altruism:
4. Contract altruism
5. Constructed altruism
6. Collegial altruism
Part III. Real Altruism:
7. Acute altruism: agape
8. Absolute altruism
9. Actual altruism.
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