How does Christianity affect thoughts and theories about what we should do
and who we should be? Does the Gospel story encourage its listeners to do
the greatest good for the greatest number? Or does it form a life framed
by certain moral absolutes that can never be violated no matter how good
the consequences may be? Why and how should Christians care about the
virtues? Which virtues? What do stories have to do with how we live our
lives and claim our identities? Should Christians support the values of
their nation-states? Or should Christians stand apart from wider culture
either to challenge it or to prevent being corrupted by it? We will study
significant ethicists in order to pose possible answers to these
questions. My hope is that the student will leave the course with a
deeper understanding of how theology does and ought to inform the way
Christians live.
