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Christian Ethics: Options and Issues

Norman L. Geisler (Baker Academic: Sep 1, 1989), 336 pages.

An introductory presentation of Christian ethics, where the Bible is taken as the authoritative text for discussing issues such as homosexuality, abortion, war/civil disobedience, and other similar ethical issues. "This book is the most current of Geisler’s books on ethics and incorporates many of the points of previous works such as Ethics: Alternatives & Issues, Options in Contemporary Christian Ethics, and The Christian Ethic of Love. The book is, as the title suggests, a presentation of Christian ethics, so the Bible is taken as the standard text for discussing certain issues such as homosexuality, abortion, war/civil disobedience, and other similar ethical issues. But scientific and rational arguments are also used in addition to Biblical exposition to reach conclusions." ~ Cameron B. Clark @ Amazon.com

Table of Contents

    • Tables  9
    • Acknowledgments  11
    • Preface  13
  • Part 1  Ethical Options
    • 1. All the Options  17
    • 2. Antinomianism  29
    • 3. Situationism  43
    • 4. Generalism  63
    • 5. Unqualified Absolutism  79
    • 6. Conflicting Absolutism  97
    • 7. Graded Absolutism  113
  • Part 2  Ethical Issues
    • 8. Abortion  135
    • 9. Euthanasia  157
    • 10. Biomedical Issues  173
    • 11. Capital Punishment  193
    • 12. War  215
    • 13. Civil Disobedience  239
    • 14. Homosexuality  257
    • 15. Marriage and Divorce  277
    • 16. Ecology  293
    • Glossary  311
    • Bibliography  315
    • Index of Subjects  321
    • Index of Authors  328
    • Index of Scripture  330