Morality and Situation Ethics
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Is morality relative? Does it depend on one’s perspective or on external circumstances? It has become popular, even commonplace, to assert that what is moral is dependent on one’s situation. Dietrich von Hildebrand saw this trend coming, and at the earliest outset he authored this book as a refutation of “situation ethics” and an affirmation of the unchanging and universal call of true morality. The book takes up the central challenge of situation ethics to argue, definitively, that some actions are always and in every situation wrong. But Hildebrand is sensitive to the special circumstances of individual people’s lives, and he does far more than simply offer judgment. He leads us first to understand the allure of “self-righteousness,” of “the tragic sinner,” and of “sin mysticism,” and how these can obscure true morality.
- Title: Morality and Situation Ethics
- Authors: Dietrich von Hildebrand, Alice von Hildebrand
- Publisher: Hildebrand Project
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 180
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian ethics › Catholic authors; Situation ethics; Ethics; Conduct of life
- ISBNs: 9781939773111, 1939773113
- Resource ID: LLS:MRLTYSTTNTHCS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:22:53Z