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Vision and Virtue: Essays in Christian Ethical Reflection

by Stanley Hauerwas

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Describing Hauerwas' work as Christian ethics, one can allow that phrase its full scope of meaning. It is the work of an ethician, who is thoroughly conversant with that branch of philosophy and comes to grips with its major issues. He is also firmly committed to the view that, in modifying the substantive 'ethics' with the adjective 'Christian,' one is designating a distinct reality.… (more)
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This is an early work by Hauerwas, and he is still setting the scene for things to come. He seems almost too careful here, still playing the game by all the rules. If you want essential Hauerwas, I would not start here, but it will fill out your knowledge of hislife and thought. ( )
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Describing Hauerwas' work as Christian ethics, one can allow that phrase its full scope of meaning. It is the work of an ethician, who is thoroughly conversant with that branch of philosophy and comes to grips with its major issues. He is also firmly committed to the view that, in modifying the substantive 'ethics' with the adjective 'Christian,' one is designating a distinct reality.

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