On 2001-05-08 , wrote: Baker-Fletcher´s book presents brief synopses of numerous ethical models, followed by his own model, which he calls the Journey moralscape. Many elements of this model are helpful in determining one´s own ethical perspective. The writing is somewhat confusing (though that may just be me).
The ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King Jr. are favorably presented. Many of the examples are from the author´s minority and American perspective. I wonder if it shouldn´t be titled, Dirty Hands: Christian Ethics in a Morally Ambiguous *America*.. And summed up by saying Christian ethics from a minority & American perspective. Currently Dirty Hands: Christian Ethics in a Morally Ambiguous World has an overall rating of 6 over 10.
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Fortress Press claimed How can one make the ethical and ´right´ decision in a deeply ambiguous moral world? Baker-Fletcher´s basic introduction to Christian ethics---with attitude---examines the fundamental ethical problems of moral decision-making, in which knowledge will always to unsure, time short, decisions ambiguous, and consequences multiple and unforeseeable. Baker-Fletcher treats ethics as engagement, getting one´s hands ´dirty with life.´ He employs a journey motif in order to aid readers in plotting their own ´moralscape´ (the fundamental commitments that affect their own decisions).
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