{"product_id":"the-disappearance-of-ethics-the-gifford-lectures-9780802883490","title":"The Disappearance of Ethics: The Gifford Lectures","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe capstone lectures of esteemed ethicist Oliver O'Donovan \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What is the future of ethics? Oliver O'Donovan addresses a discipline in crisis in \u003ci\u003eThe Disappearance of Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e. Based on the 2021 Gifford Lectures, this book contends that contemporary ethics has lost its object (good), frontier (time), and agent (person). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e O'Donovan traces the development of these concepts from Greek philosophy through early Christianity, the Enlightenment, and into the modern era. Engaging with a range of thinkers including Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Max Scheler, Karl Barth, and more, O'Donovan shows how ethics has lost its heart and how the field can regain its purpose. He completes his lectures by integrating theology and philosophy to recover ethics. Contemplating theological concepts such as creation, divine law, and justification undergirds ethics by generating \"existential wonder.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With characteristic warmth and scholarly precision, O'Donovan reinvigorates ethical argument with theological insight. Scholars and students of Christian ethics will find his lectures equally provocative and inspiring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver O'Donovan\u003c\/b\u003e is a fellow of the British Academy and professor emeritus of Christian ethics and practical theology at the University of Edinburgh. His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Desire of the Nations, The Ways of Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eResurrection and Moral Order\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555492073746,"sku":"9780802883490","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2127d684-e318-4b51-a8ef-06d8398bf0e8.jpg?v=1731732140","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-disappearance-of-ethics-the-gifford-lectures-9780802883490","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}