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The Moral Maze - A Way of Exploring Christian Ethics by David Cook
This work examines the main causes of the moral dilemmas in which Christians find themselves. The author provides an introduction to moral philosophy and examines the sources of Christian principles. He concludes that Christian values still offer an authoritative alternative.
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First published March 1, 1990
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David Cook
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Others:
David2^Cook: Children's books illustrator
David3^Cook: British author, screenwriter and actor
David4^Cook: British literary critic and editor
David5^Cook: Islamic studies
David6^Cook: Cookbooks
David7^Cook: Clinician, vision therapy
David8^Cook: GR Author, Historical Fiction, History, Action
David9^Cook: Robot
David10^Cook: Environment
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January 16, 2025
This is a very interesting book to explore morality and the different belief systems in general. Eventhough intially came into this book wanting to learn more about what Christians believe in, it gives more of a broad overview of morality, so it is accessible to everybody.
My favourite part was the exploration of where morality comes from - reason, emotions and egoism. Ah I wish that I did philosophy A level. Anyhow, the book explained the arguments and the shortfalls for all of the theories. Which made me think of which one I believe in. Personally, I think that feelings where morality comes from, but that is obviously my feeling. Basically, the view argues that morality comes from how we feel about something and that morality isn't factual as it is purely an expression of how we feel about something. Therefore, everybody has a different moral view, so it is subjective and there is ultimately no real morality ( like does it even truly exist if there is no way to define it).
Additionally, the book showed how to apply the moral method to real moral situations - abortion and euthanasia. This was interesting to me, as it showed all of the sides of the argument and covered how this choice would impact others. This allowed me to be more open minded, and I hope that I use the teachings of this book in the future, even though it does say that it is rare that a person has to make a moral decision. Also, abortion and euthanasia are about life and death, so it also a question of philosophy - when is somebody a person? ;when is somebody born?; and when does somebody die?
So yeah, if you want to read ts book lmk - so I can borrow it for you from my scl library ( purple heart emoji)
My favourite part was the exploration of where morality comes from - reason, emotions and egoism. Ah I wish that I did philosophy A level. Anyhow, the book explained the arguments and the shortfalls for all of the theories. Which made me think of which one I believe in. Personally, I think that feelings where morality comes from, but that is obviously my feeling. Basically, the view argues that morality comes from how we feel about something and that morality isn't factual as it is purely an expression of how we feel about something. Therefore, everybody has a different moral view, so it is subjective and there is ultimately no real morality ( like does it even truly exist if there is no way to define it).
Additionally, the book showed how to apply the moral method to real moral situations - abortion and euthanasia. This was interesting to me, as it showed all of the sides of the argument and covered how this choice would impact others. This allowed me to be more open minded, and I hope that I use the teachings of this book in the future, even though it does say that it is rare that a person has to make a moral decision. Also, abortion and euthanasia are about life and death, so it also a question of philosophy - when is somebody a person? ;when is somebody born?; and when does somebody die?
So yeah, if you want to read ts book lmk - so I can borrow it for you from my scl library ( purple heart emoji)
September 5, 2019
Es un buen libro sobre ética y decisiones éticas. El procedimiento que propone es útil. La debilidad es que es un libro escrito en 1983 y los ejemplos están un poco obsoletos
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April 11, 2014
A conservative Protestant Christian's way of exploring Christian Ethics. Useful for Post 16 Ethics courses to show one of the approahes by Christians to moral dilemmas. But not essential.
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