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Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics (Hardcover)
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Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics (Hardcover)
Series: Moral Traditions series
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The first book to argue for the concept of tragic dilemmas in
Christian ethics Moral dilemmas arise when individuals are unable
to fulfill all of their ethical obligations. Tragic dilemmas are
moral dilemmas that involve great tragedy. The existence of moral
and tragic dilemmas is debated in philosophy and often dismissed in
theology based on the notion that there are effective strategies
that completely solve hard ethical situations. Yet cases from
real-life events in war and bioethics offer compelling evidence for
the existence of tragic dilemmas. In Tragic Dilemmas in Christian
Ethics, Jackson-Meyer expertly explores the thought of Augustine
and Aquinas to show the limits of their treatment of hard cases, as
well as where their thought can be built on and expanded in
relation to tragic dilemmas. She recognizes and develops a new
theological understanding of tragic dilemmas rooted in moral
philosophy, contemporary case studies, and psychological literature
on moral injury. Jackson-Meyer argues that in tragic dilemmas moral
agents choose between conflicting nonnegotiable moral obligations
rooted in Christian commitments to protect human life and the
vulnerable. Personal culpability is mitigated due to constrained
situations and society is also culpable when tragic dilemmas are a
result of structural sin. In response, Jackson-Meyer implores
Christian communities to offer individual and communal healing
after tragic dilemmas and to acknowledge their own participation in
injustice. Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics offers practical
strategies that Christian communities can use to provide healing to
those who have acted in tragic dilemmas and to transform the unjust
structures that often cause these tragedies.
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