| Description |
1 online resource (x, 164 pages) |
| Series |
Moral traditions series |
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Moral traditions series.
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| Contents |
The existential-historical form of thought -- The theological-anthropological form of thought -- God's action and human action -- Person and personality -- Standing firm in the truth -- Moral theology : a school of truthfulness -- Truthfulness as the basic attitude of the ethical personality -- Untruthfulness as a source of personal disintegration -- The principal features of a metaphysics of ethical action |
| Summary |
How is moral theology related to pastoral theology? In this first English translation of Living the Truth, Klaus Demmer answers this question by offering a complete theory of action. Its crucial element is truthfulness, which Demmer claims is a basic attitude that must be translated concretely into our individual decisions. Demmer demonstrates that the demand for truthfulness offers a critical corrective to the usual praxis whereby ethical norms are formulated. This has significant consequences for every area of ethical directives, including questions about celibacy and partnerships. Demmer mo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the German |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics.
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors
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Moraltheologie
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Handlungstheorie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781589018020 |
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1589018028 |
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