Matt’s lastest publication in a book arrived by courier today. The book is Virtues in Action: New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics; it is an an edited collection of new work in applied virtue ethics. Virtues in Action is edited by Michael W. Austin, who is Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University, a specialist in ethics and […]
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Matt’s Latest Publication: Virtues in Action – New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics
October 14th, 2013 Comments Off on Matt’s Latest Publication: Virtues in Action – New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics
Tags: Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life · Mike Austin · Published · Virtue Ethics · Virtues in Action: New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
Tom Wright on Hypocrisy: Catholic Church Sex Scandals, the Media and Jimmy Savile
March 9th, 2013 7 Comments
N T Wright, theologian and research professor at St Andrews University, tells the British media a few home truths about hypocrisy and faux moral outrage. I listened in disbelief as John Humphrys interviewed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on Radio 4’s Today programme this week. Surely, he said, like a headmaster addressing an errant teenager, if highly placed people knew about […]
Tags: Hypocrisy · Jimmy Savile · N T Wright · Virtue Ethics