New Studies in Christian Ethics Killing and Christian Ethics, (Hardcover)
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| Management number | 240612461 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$52.00 | Model Number | 240612461 | ||
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Everyone recognizes that it is, in general, wrong to intentionally kill a human being. But are there exceptions to that rule? In Killing and Christian Ethics, Christopher Tollefsen argues that there are no exceptions: the rule is absolute. The absolute view on killing that he defends has important implications for bioethical issues at the beginning and end of life, such as abortion and euthanasia. It has equally important implications for the morality of capital punishment and the morality of killing in war. Tollefsen argues that a lethal act is morally permissible only when it is an unintended side effect of one's action. In this way, some lethal acts of force, such as personal self-defense, or defense of a polity in a defensive war, may be justified -- but only if they involve no intension of causing death. Even God, Tollefsen argues, neither intends death, nor commands the intentional taking of life.
- New Studies in Christian Ethics Killing and Christian Ethics, (Hardcover)
- Author: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN: 9781009714341
- Format: Hardcover
- Publication Date: 2026-05-14
- Page Count: 243
| Book format | Hardcover |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Religion |
| Publication date | May, 2026 |
| Pages | 243 |
| Subgenre | Ethics |
| Series title | New Studies in Christian Ethics |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Binding type | Case Binding |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.00 x 0.69 x 9.00 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.1 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Religion |
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