Making Ethical Decisions: A Casebook on Church and Society / Edition 1

by Louis B. Weeks

Overview

Each day individuals make choices that have moral implications. Whether the choices concern major or minor issues, they involve questions that often confuse Christians. This practical book helps establish a basis for ethical decision making by providing principles and showing how those principles can be applied.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664240646
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	10/01/1987
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 3.10(d)

About the Author

Louis B. Weeks is President Emeritus of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and is the author or editor of twelve books on Presbyterianism and mainstream Protestantism.

Table of Contents

	Preface and Acknowledgments	7
	Introduction	11
Part 1	Questions About Christian Living
1	What Shall I Do?	21
	What Is an Ethical Decision?	23
	A Look at History	25
	Christian Principles and Human Situations	27
2	How Do I Choose?	30
	Community and Commitment	32
	Character and Ethics	34
	What Is a Case?	36
3	How Shall I Live?	39
	Am I a Saint?	41
	Am I a Disciple?	42
	Am I a Pilgrim?	44
	Am I Telling a Story?	45
	Am I Born Again?	47
4	How Shall I Grow?	48
	Do We Develop in Stages?	50
	Do Adults Move Through "Moral Stages"?	51
	Does Gender ake a Difference?	53
	What About "Stages in Life"?	54
	Other Factors in Decision Making	55
Part 2	The Cases
5	Decisions in Personal and Family Life	59
	"This House Is a Mess!"	59
	Second Home	63
	Global-Village Living	67
	Clark Roberts and the Previous-Life Reading	71
6	Decisions in Ministry	76
	The Death of Fanny Grimes	76
	Easter Sunrise	80
	The Psychology Today Questionnaire	88
	Deadline: March 14	93
7	Decisions in Vocation and Political Life	98
	Bradley Johnson, Volunteer	98
	"You Get Back What You Sow"	102
	Planning Monday	105
	Expense Account Blues	114
	Further Reading	117