The Innocuous Legacy of Christian Ethics in Comparative Religious Ethics

I argue that even if the influence of Christian ethics on comparative religious ethics (CRE) is inevitable, it need not be problematic. The legacy would only be worrisome if it stacked the deck in favor of Christian ethics or predisposed comparative ethicists to conform to the methods or thematic co...

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Main Author: Stalnaker, Aaron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 778-780
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Comparative religion / Religion / Ethics / Christian ethics
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NCA Ethics
Further subjects:B Ethical Reasoning
B Twiss
B Toulmin
B comparative religious ethics
B Gadamer
B Fukuyama
B Christian Ethics
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Summary:I argue that even if the influence of Christian ethics on comparative religious ethics (CRE) is inevitable, it need not be problematic. The legacy would only be worrisome if it stacked the deck in favor of Christian ethics or predisposed comparative ethicists to conform to the methods or thematic concerns of Christian ethics. Following Gadamer, I suggest that the ideal of presuppositionless objectivity is an illusion that applies to not only those who emerge from a Christian cultural context but in every global context. Given the specific historical and cultural contexts of the emergence of CRE, the residue of Christian ethics in CRE is understandable and expected. Thus, the legacy of Christian ethics in CRE will only be problematic to the extent that the potential dangers of Christian hegemony remain hidden, which does not seem to be the case in the contemporary academic context.
ISSN:1467-9795
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jore.12293