Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Ethics (Ready Reference series))
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Bonhoeffer’s ethical thought was forged in the furnace of Nazi Germany. As one of the founders of the Confessing Church, which refused to submit to Nazi ideology, and a member of the resistance movement inside Germany, Bonhoeffer was compelled by the conviction that Christian ethics consist not in trying to do good but in assuming responsibility for the future. His ethical theology is, therefore, “teleological” or “consequentialist.” The focus is not upon motives (for example, adhering to some set of moral rules labeled “Christian”) but upon living...
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