James M Gustafson Can Ethics Be Christian Pdf Review

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340 Volume REVIEWS the human being being truly constitute an existing whole or is he merely a dynamic unity of dimensions of a listen, in which consciousness affects the mental-concrete, while this, as "explainable on the ground of the functioning of the body " (Nineteen) is incapable of exercising any causal influence upon the non-physical reflective awareness? Consciousness and Freedom discusses problems of the modernistic philosophy of mind in an intelligent and interesting style; information technology does not answer the of import questions of a realistic philosophy of man which it raises in its readers. The Catholic University of America Washington, D. C. MARms ScHNEIDER, 0. F. M. Christian Ethics and the Customs. By JAMES 1000. GusTAFSON. Philadelphia : Pilgrim Printing, 1971. $7.95. Viii of x capacity in Gustafson'southward book consist in the reprinting of manufactures from such sources as the Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Una Sancta, and The Scope Of Theology (World Publishing Company, 1965). Some other is printed from a lecture to the 1967 colloquium of the Gimmicky Theology Institute, Loyola College, Montreal. Thus only two of ten sections contain cloth not otherwise available, and only one chapter "The Moral Weather condition Necessary for Human being Community" appears to have been written specifically for the book. The original chapter, moreover, appears the weakest past far of Gustafson'southward efforts. That homo customs cannot exist without faith, hope, and love (all broadly defined) is quite apparent to everyone who stops in the street to think about trusting traffic laws, sharing some mensurate of confidence in the future, and bearing at least minimal loyalty, reverence, and gratitude for others. Past fashion of creative insight, then, Gustafson's book offers nothing beyond the contributions he has already fabricated to the written report of Christian ethics. On the other hand, Christian Ideals and the Community does collect and organize several expressions past Gustafson which continue to exercise considerable influence on the field. His " Context Versus Principles: A Misplaced Debate in Christian Ethics," reprinted from the Harvard Theological Review (1965), offered seasoned wisdom at the time of that encounter and several prophetic questions yet are guiding much of the discussion . Once more, his focus upon " The Weather condition for Hope: Reflections on Human Feel" (Continuum, 1970) asks the bases and objects of hope. " Merely when the object of hope is delineated with enough specificity BOOK REVIEWS 841 to brand possible the inference of certain doable moral intentions can it give relatively clear direction to moral actions " was the conclusion of his essay. The well-nigh appealing of his efforts is also his most lengthy, occupying well-nigh dne third of the book. " Christian Ethics in America," a historical summary of the personalities and issues involved in the writing of ethics since 1930 remains a normative written report of the recent history of the field of study. Viewed as an anthology of provocative writings rather than equally a major contribution in its own right, Gustafson'due south piece of work merits both attending and reflection of serious scholars, students, and others who will be interested. Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky LOUIS WEEKS The Search for Homo Values: Moral Growth in an Evolving Globe. By CoRNELIUS J. VANDERPoEL, C. S. Sp. New York: Newman Press, 1971. 186 pp. $4.95. Van der Poel'due south contempo book is a relatively comprehensive essay in moral theology, providing outlines of a theological anthropology necessary for understanding man equally a moral agent, a methodology for evaluating the rightness or wrongness of human actions, a discussion of the role of conscience in the moral life of man, and a consideration of sin and virtue as manifestations of failures and successes in homo self-fulfillment. Much that the author has to say is exceptionally valuable, in particular his stress on the dynamism of human being's moral life, on the interpersonal relationships between human beings and between human and God that form the material of man'south existence as a moral beingness, and on the demand to accept into business relationship the total homo or moral dimensions of an action in evaluating its moral worth instead of focussing immediately on some isolated chemical element within the activity. He is surely correct in stressing the historicity of homo in discussing the way in which moral values are formulated and...

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