TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kotva Jr, Joseph J
AU  - Kotva Jr,Joseph J
TI  - The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics
SN  - 0878406212   
U1  - H21 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Georgetown University Press
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 1 The Return to Virtue Ethics   5  A SOCIETY IN CRISIS   6  THE RISE OF HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS   8  THE INCOMPLETENESS OF MODERN THEORIES  SUMMARY   U  NOTES   13  What Is Virtue Ethics   16  A TELEOLOGICAL ETHIC   17  NATURE OF THE VIRTUES   23  HUMAN AGENCY AND MORAL EDUCATION   26  MORAL LUCK   29  THE PRIORITY OF BEING   30  DISCERNMENT AND THE PLACE OF RULES AND CONSEQUENCES   31   A KIND OF PERFECTIONISM   37   SUMMARY   38   NOTES   39  Needed: A Christian Case for Virtue Ethics   48  ON NOT RECOGNIZING THE NEED   50   JUSTIFICATIONS FOR NEGLECT   51   EPISTEMOLOGICAL ISSUES AND TRUTH CLAIMS  TOWARD AN ECUMENICAL CHRISTIAN VIRTUE ETHIC   59   NOTES   61  4 Theological Links   69  SANCTIFICATION AND PERSONAL ESCHATOLOGY   71  CHRISTOLOGY   78  CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLOGY   90  CONCLUSION   93  NOTES   93  5 Biblical Connections   103  THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW   104   THE LETTERS OF PAUL   119   CONCLUSION   130   NOTES   134  6 Theological and Biblical Objections   143  NARCISSISM   143  ARISTOCRATIC TENDENCIES   147  SECTARIAN   151  OTHER ETHICAL THEORIES   155  CONCLUSION   159  NOTES   159  7 Conclusion: An Appeal for a Christian Virtue Ethic   167  ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF VIRTUE THEORY   170   CONCLUSION   176   NOTES    176
ER  -