The Good and the Right

A Christian Introduction to Moral Philosophy

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Pub Date 16 Sep 2025 | Archive Date 7 Feb 2025

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Description

Move beyond uncritical choices.

The Good and the Right is a Christian introduction to the major theories of ethics in the history of philosophy, such as relativism, egoism, utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, social contract theory, natural law theory, virtue theory, and divine command theory. Philosophers J. Caleb Clanton and Kraig Martin offer a lucid survey of each ethical framework, and they carefully reconstruct and critically evaluate the case for and against each view. Along the way, the authors engage with the presuppositions, affirmations, and implications of the Christian faith in a way that takes the Christian tradition seriously. Ultimately, the authors rediscover and incrementally develop a unique but classically Christian framework for thinking about the moral life and making ethical decisions.

Move beyond uncritical choices.

The Good and the Right is a Christian introduction to the major theories of ethics in the history of philosophy, such as relativism, egoism, utilitarianism, Kantian...


Advance Praise

The Good and the Right is a guide to the major theories that philosophers have devised about morality. Clanton and Martin ably illuminate the theories with memorable examples and comparisons with competing theories, and they assess them in the light of an ecumenical Christianity.”

—Robert C. Roberts, author of Virtue Ethics in Christian Perspective and Attention to Virtues

The Good and the Right is a guide to the major theories that philosophers have devised about morality. Clanton and Martin ably illuminate the theories with memorable examples and comparisons with...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781684261222
PRICE US$49.99 (USD)
PAGES 368