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Ethics is the culmination of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological and personal odyssey and one of the most important works of Christian ethics of the last century. Using the acclaimed DBWE translation, adapted to a more accessible format, this new edition features an insightful introduction by Clifford Green and supplemental material from Victoria J. Barnett. Written in the midst of the conspiracy to overthrow the Hitler regime, it is nonetheless chiefly...

The Protestant ethic - a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organization of one's life in the service of God - was made famous by sociologist and political economist Max Weber. In this brilliant study (his best-known and most controversial), he opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and its view that change takes place through "the struggle of opposites." Instead, he relates the rise of a capitalist economy...

Introduction essays -- The meaning of moral theology -- The history of moral theology -- Christ and moral theology -- Jesus and moral living -- The moral person -- Human action -- The human person -- The theology of sin -- Sin: mortal and venial -- Conscience -- the Christian vocation -- The moral world -- An introduction to objective morality -- Moral law in scripture -- The history of natural law -- A vision of natural law -- Morality: values and...