The Artifice Of Ethics: The Moorhouse Lectures 1973
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
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What happens when the ancient frameworks of moral reasoning meet the relentless demands of a modern, technologically transformed world? In The Artifice of Ethics, G. R. Dunstan presents the acclaimed Moorhouse Lectures of 1973, a rigorous and searching examination of how ethical systems are constructed, sustained, and ultimately tested by the pressures of contemporary society. With a theologian's precision and a humanist's breadth of vision, Dunstan argues that morality is not a static inheritance but a living, crafted discipline — an artifice, in the most elevated sense of the word — shaped by tradition, reason, and the urgent realities of human need. Dunstan's work sits at the compelling intersection of Christian moral theology and applied ethics, engaging with issues that were, at the time of these lectures, reshaping public debate: medicine, law, and the governance of human life. His prose is measured and authoritative, drawing on a vast command of historical and theological sources to illuminate how societies negotiate the boundaries of right conduct. For readers who wish to understand the deep roots of bioethical thought and the intellectual courage required to reason morally in an age of uncertainty, this volume remains a landmark text — one that asks whether the very act of constructing an ethics is itself a moral undertaking.
Author: G. R. Dunstan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, SCM Press Ltd
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
What happens when the ancient frameworks of moral reasoning meet the relentless demands of a modern, technologically transformed world? In The Artifice of Ethics, G. R. Dunstan presents the acclaimed Moorhouse Lectures of 1973, a rigorous and searching examination of how ethical systems are constructed, sustained, and ultimately tested by the pressures of contemporary society. With a theologian's precision and a humanist's breadth of vision, Dunstan argues that morality is not a static inheritance but a living, crafted discipline — an artifice, in the most elevated sense of the word — shaped by tradition, reason, and the urgent realities of human need. Dunstan's work sits at the compelling intersection of Christian moral theology and applied ethics, engaging with issues that were, at the time of these lectures, reshaping public debate: medicine, law, and the governance of human life. His prose is measured and authoritative, drawing on a vast command of historical and theological sources to illuminate how societies negotiate the boundaries of right conduct. For readers who wish to understand the deep roots of bioethical thought and the intellectual courage required to reason morally in an age of uncertainty, this volume remains a landmark text — one that asks whether the very act of constructing an ethics is itself a moral undertaking.