The ethics of community
Editorial BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS LTD.
Mainland Spain
- Publisher BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS LTD.
- ISBN13 9780631216834
- ISBN10 0631216839
- Type Book
- Pages 183
- Published 2001
- Bookbinding Rustic
The ethics of community
Editorial BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS LTD.
Mainland Spain
Book Details
We live today in a world dominated by large political, economic, and social institutions; yet we long for the intimacy of smaller, more directly personal communities. This tension between "individualism" and "fellowship" is central to communitarian ethics.
Frank Kirkpatrick's important and timely study sets out to identify a Christian ethic of community which accounts for the whole range of forms of human association, exploring the significant differences between them. He argues that a realistic Christian ethic of community must address the relationship between the religious aspiration for community and the political necessity for society. Drawing on theology, political philosophy, and the social sciences generally, Kirkpatrick develops a "philosophy of the personal" which can guide us towards understanding what a good society and a fulfilling community ought to be and which might ultimately help us to achieve a greater sense of personal meaning and fulfillment.