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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Short but deep
Holmes packs a lot into a short space. Undergraduate students have found it a bit heavy going, but for those willing to work through the text, it is profoundly insightful. A great introduction to various ethical philosophies in the West, their strengths and their shortcomings, with some chapters that apply the principles to specific ethical issues. The book is 17 years...
Published on February 8, 2001 by David Timms
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0 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A Thoroughly Inadequate Treatment of the Natural Law
This book provides a thoroughly inadequate treatment of the Natural Law. Fortunately, wonderful alternatives exist, such as J. Budziszewski's What We Can't Not Know and Germain Grisez's Way of the Lord Jesus.
Published on May 25, 2008 by Joseph P. Tevington
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Ethics, Approaching Moral Decisions: Approaching Moral Decisions (Contours of Christian Philosophy) (Paperback)
Holmes packs a lot into a short space. Undergraduate students have found it a bit heavy going, but for those willing to work through the text, it is profoundly insightful. A great introduction to various ethical philosophies in the West, their strengths and their shortcomings, with some chapters that apply the principles to specific ethical issues. The book is 17 years old but has a timelessness about it - unlike, say, John Stott's "Issues Facing Christians". Holmes does not give "current statistics" and tends to operate at the level of principle, which gives his work a helpful timelessness. Worth having on the shelf if you are a reader.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Good Survey of Ethics,
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This review is from: Ethics: Approaching Moral Decisions (Contours of Christian Philosophy) (Paperback)
Overall, this is a fine survey of ethics from a Christian perspective. It is well written and offers much to consider. Highly recommended.
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This review is from: Ethics: Approaching Moral Decisions (Contours of Christian Philosophy) (Paperback)
Very good book and relevant to what is going on today ... I believe every Pastor and church board elder should read this book.... A+
0 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A Thoroughly Inadequate Treatment of the Natural Law,
This review is from: Ethics: Approaching Moral Decisions (Contours of Christian Philosophy) (Paperback)
This book provides a thoroughly inadequate treatment of the Natural Law. Fortunately, wonderful alternatives exist, such as J. Budziszewski's What We Can't Not Know and Germain Grisez's Way of the Lord Jesus.
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Ethics Approaching Moral Decisions (Contours of Christian Philosophy) by Arthur Frank Holmes (Paperback - May 1984)
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