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EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS: ARE THEY IN HARMONY?
Author(s) -
Ruse Michael
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00644.x
Subject(s) - morality , darwinism , harmony (color) , relativism , epistemology , philosophy , evolutionary theory , christian ethics , moral relativism , environmental ethics , sociology , religious studies , art , visual arts
. Does modern evolutionary theory (specifically Darwinism) pose a problem for the Christian's thinking about morality? It certainly poses threats for those who would argue that certain practices are wrong because they are “unnatural.” Liberal Christians can probably get around these questions. But at a deeper level, despite superficial similarities between its conclusions and the Love Commandment, Darwinism points to an essential relativism about morality, thereby striking at the very core of all Christian thought on moral behavior. Thus, those who are worried about the clash between science and religion have good reasons for their worries.