Open AccessAbout Christian Ethics
Author(s) -
J. W. Foppe van Mil
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2005.36.1669
Subject(s) - nobility , dignity , honor , humility , generosity , morality , christian ethics , environmental ethics , value (mathematics) , obligation , moral obligation , sociology , philosophy , law , theology , political science , epistemology , machine learning , politics , computer science , operating system
The slight recognition that the idea of obligation to society has received in modern morality has Greek and Roman rather than Christian roots. So, even in the morals of private life - everything in it from generosity, nobility, personal dignity, even a sense of honor - has its origin purely a humanitarian, not a religious part of our education, and these qualities could never evolve from those ethical standards where the only explicitly recognized value is humility