Introduces the reader to social ethical thinking of the three major Christian traditions as viewed from European perspectives. Each chapter includes questions for discussion and reflection.

Discusses the American self-image, and examines the struggles of women and Blacks for equality

Excerpt from Social Ethics: An Introduction to the Nature and Ethics of the State Nineteen hundred years ago an exile of the Roman Empire was on a lonely Rock in the Ægean. He was not there because he had done his neighbor wrong, but because he believed in the coming of an organized society which would not rest on injustice. He had even dared to promise the coming of this new social order to the toilers that he met. Standing on this rock lookout the exile saw a new Empire rise such as the world had never known. In it were no slaves, there were none that suffered wrong and the ruler was a workman with calloused hands. While he looked he listened, and through the stillness came a voice. "The kingdoms of this world are become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ." The exile believed in the vision and the voice. He told what he had seen and heard to others and they with gladness believed with him. It was their confidence that not only is there an individual, but a social soul, to be saved. Before both of them is righteousness and the Kingdom of God and the approach is through a divine man who calls himself The Way. After nineteen centuries the vision of the exile is not realized and those who have trusted in it must still walk by faith. The curse of sin still rests on the fairest works of God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Originally published in 1971, this book provides a lucid philosophical investigation of the area in which the demands of social and political institutions impinge on individual values and responsibilities, using the concept of a social role to focus attention on the problems and tensions which are necessarily involved. This approach to social and political philosophy will be of interest to students of social sciences as well as of philosophy.

Excerpt from Social Ethics: An Introduction to the Nature and Ethics of the State IN these days, when the social mind is troubled with a plethora of books, the writer who proposes an addition to the number should be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in him. There is no lack of social studies, but it seems to me that there is room for a book which treats social phenomena from a distinctively Christian point of view, and yet gives adequate place to the con elusions of science and philosophy. What is wanted is a Christian cosmic philosophy, for philosophy must be Christian to be cosmic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.