| List of Ethical Theory Topics | p. ix |
| List of Practical Ethics Topics | p. x |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction: Deciding How to Decide | p. 1 |
| What is Christian Ethics? | |
| What to Decide | |
| How to Decide | |
| The Person Who Decides, and What a Good Life Looks Like | |
| What Makes It Christian Ethics? | |
| Concluding Remarks | |
| The Bible in Christian Ethics | p. 15 |
| Case Studies: Divorce and Remarriage: Jim and Helen; Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research | |
| What Is the Bible and Why Is It Important? | |
| How Should the Bible be Used in Christian Ethics? | |
| The Case Studies Revisited: Divorce and Remarriage: Jim and Helen; Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research | |
| Natural Law | p. 40 |
| Case Studies: Homosexuality: The Civil Partnership Act; The 'War on Terror' | |
| The Roots of the Natural Law Tradition | |
| Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law | |
| Natural Law Since Thomas Aquinas | |
| The Case Studies Revisited: Homosexuality; War; Just War Theory; Pacifism | |
| Appendix: Rights | |
| Duty, Consequences and Christian Ethics | p. 65 |
| Case Study: Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill? | |
| Absolute Duties? | |
| Kant's Theory of Ethics | |
| Christian Deontology | |
| Consequentialist Theories | |
| Utilitarianism: Classical Utilitarianism; Contemporary Utilitarianism | |
| Christians and Consequentialism | |
| The Case Study Revisited: The Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia - Definitions and Distinctions; The Value of Human Life; Modern Challenges; Responses to the Challenges | |
| Critical Voices: Science, Technology and Christian Ethics | p. 94 |
| Case Studies: Human Genetics, Evolution and Ethics; Genetically Modified Crops | |
| Science, Technology and Christian Ethics | |
| Does Science Undermine Christian Belief? | |
| Does Evolutionary Biology Explain Away Morality? | |
| Should Science Make Us Revise Our Moral Judgements? | |
| Should We Try to Redesign Ourselves? | |
| Should We Try to Redesign Nature? | |
| Critical Voices: The 'Recovery of Virtue' | p. 121 |
| Case Studies: Healthcare Rationing and Justice - 'Child B' and 'Baby Ryan'; Drugs for Developing Countries | |
| Healthcare, Justice and the Failure of the 'Enlightenment Project' | |
| A Brief History of Virtue: Classical Roots; Early Christian Thought; The Middle Ages and After | |
| Theologians Among the Virtues | |
| The Case Studies Revisited: Healthcare Rationing and Justice | |
| Critical Voices: Liberation Theologies and Christian Ethics | p. 141 |
| Case Study: The Trade Justice Campaign | |
| Starting with Experience | |
| Latin American Liberation Theology: Distinctive Sources; A Distinctive Theological Method; A New Perspective; An Ultimate Standard | |
| Black Theologies of Liberation | |
| Other 'Theologies from Below' | |
| The Case Study Revisited: Theology, Economics and Trade Justice | |
| Critical Voices: Feminist Theologies and Christian Ethics | p. 165 |
| Case Study: Abortion, Politics and the Churches | |
| Feminist Theologies and Christian Ethics: The Liberal Paradigm; The Social Constructionist Paradigm; The Naturalist Paradigm | |
| The Case Study Revisited: Abortion; The Moral Status, Interests and Rights of the Foetus; The Moral Status, Interests and Rights of the Mother | |
| Christian Ethics: Pastoral and Public | p. 185 |
| Introduction | |
| Christian Ethics and Pastoral Care: Non-directive Pastoral Care; Pastoral Care as Practical Moral Thinking; Pastoral Care as Building Communities of Character; Pastoral Care as Liberation | |
| Christian Ethics and Public Policy: Seeking the Moral Common Ground; Seeking Wisdom; Turning the World Upside Down; A City Set on a Hill; Theological Fragments; Middle Axioms; The View from Below | |
| Conclusion | p. 207 |
| Notes | p. 212 |
| Index of Names and Subjects | p. 231 |
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