Ethics, Religion, and the Good Society

People living in a pluralistic age are aware of diversity among themselves and consider it both natural and enriching for humankind. However, there are many disagreements that create ethical questions on the nature of human good, religion and public morality, and more. Joseph Runzo, with the help of a diverse group of contributors, skillfully deals with these ethical issues.

Contributors
Introduction
The Ethical Life and the Good
The Varieties of Goodness	p. 3
In Defense of the Notion of an Ideal Life	p. 17
Platonism and Naturalism: Options for a Theocentric Ethics	p. 22
On Developing a Contemporary Theistic Ethics	p. 43
Toward an Ethics of Delight	p. 53
Ethics and the Challenge of Theological Non-Realism	p. 72
The Good Society
Religious Conviction and Public Civility	p. 95
Public Ethics and Public Selfhood: The Hidden Problems	p. 110
Conflict, Community, and Human Destiny: Religious Ethics and the Public Construction of Morality	p. 114
Destiny and Moral Duty: Which Is Prior?	p. 126
Personal Responsibility and the Common Good in John Paul II	p. 132
On the Priority of Personal to Structural Evil in Catholic Social Teaching: A Critique	p. 148
Ethics and Religious Pluralism
The Universality of the Golden Rule	p. 155
Buddhism and Dialogue Among the World Religions: Meeting the Challenge of Materialistic Skepticism	p. 167
The Virtues of Listening: Some Buddhist Perspectives on the Role of Ethics in the Dialogue Among World Religions	p. 172
Global Ethics and Dialogue Among World Religions: An Islamic Viewpoint	p. 178
Epics and Dialogue Among the World Religions: Some Observations on Gender-Based Dialogue	p. 184
Index	p. 191
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