Sexual Virtue : an Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics /
McCarty, Richard W., 1975-
Sexual Virtue : an Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics / Richard W. McCarty. - 1 online resource - Ebsco e-books. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Getting situated -- Part II. A moral framework of virtue -- Part III. Religious sources of moral authority -- Part IV. Ends of sexual virtue.
Richard W. McCarty offers a compassionate and inclusive conception of sexual virtue, one that liberates Christians from traditional patriarchal requirements for heterosexuality, marriage, and procreation. Daring to depart from ongoing debates about what Aristotle or Aquinas had to say, this book sets a new course centered on virtue ethics. It employs new insights from the sciences, biblical scholarship, analyses of church traditions, and revisionist natural law thinking. Eschewing simple deconstruction of traditional Christian norms for sexual morality, McCarty offers constructive ideas about what might count as real human goods for people in a wide variety of sexual relationships. Recreation, relational intimacy, and selective acts of procreation are three ends of sexual virtue that promote human happiness and can be appreciated in a broad Christian framework. While primarily referencing the Roman Catholic intellectual tradition, McCarty's work is also vital and accessible to those from Protestant backgrounds. Addressed to LGBT and straight readers, Sexual Virtue provides a compassionate sexual ethics for our time.
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3408981 Proquest Ebook Central
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Sexual ethics.
Christian ethics.
Sexualité--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Morale sexuelle.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Ethics.
Christian ethics
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity
Sexual ethics
Electronic books.
BT708 / .M415 2015eb
241/.664
Sexual Virtue : an Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics / Richard W. McCarty. - 1 online resource - Ebsco e-books. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Getting situated -- Part II. A moral framework of virtue -- Part III. Religious sources of moral authority -- Part IV. Ends of sexual virtue.
Richard W. McCarty offers a compassionate and inclusive conception of sexual virtue, one that liberates Christians from traditional patriarchal requirements for heterosexuality, marriage, and procreation. Daring to depart from ongoing debates about what Aristotle or Aquinas had to say, this book sets a new course centered on virtue ethics. It employs new insights from the sciences, biblical scholarship, analyses of church traditions, and revisionist natural law thinking. Eschewing simple deconstruction of traditional Christian norms for sexual morality, McCarty offers constructive ideas about what might count as real human goods for people in a wide variety of sexual relationships. Recreation, relational intimacy, and selective acts of procreation are three ends of sexual virtue that promote human happiness and can be appreciated in a broad Christian framework. While primarily referencing the Roman Catholic intellectual tradition, McCarty's work is also vital and accessible to those from Protestant backgrounds. Addressed to LGBT and straight readers, Sexual Virtue provides a compassionate sexual ethics for our time.
9781438454306 1438454309 9781438454207 1438454201 9781438454283 1438454287
3408981 Proquest Ebook Central
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Sexual ethics.
Christian ethics.
Sexualité--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Morale sexuelle.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Ethics.
Christian ethics
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity
Sexual ethics
Electronic books.
BT708 / .M415 2015eb
241/.664