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- Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics
- New Studies in Christian Ethics
- Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- General Editor’s Preface
- Preface
- Part I Nature of the Conflict
- Part II How and Why Agape-Justice Conflicts Arise
- Chapter 4 Socioeconomic Disequilibria
- Chapter 5 Unattended Past Wrongs
- Chapter 6 Grace Building on Nature
- Chapter 7 Adjudication of Last Resort
- Chapter 8 Growth in Collective Virtue
- Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Titles Published in the Series ()
Chapter 6 - Grace Building on Nature
Love Is Diffusive
from Part II - How and Why Agape-Justice Conflicts Arise
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2023
- Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics
- New Studies in Christian Ethics
- Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- General Editor’s Preface
- Preface
- Part I Nature of the Conflict
- Part II How and Why Agape-Justice Conflicts Arise
- Chapter 4 Socioeconomic Disequilibria
- Chapter 5 Unattended Past Wrongs
- Chapter 6 Grace Building on Nature
- Chapter 7 Adjudication of Last Resort
- Chapter 8 Growth in Collective Virtue
- Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Titles Published in the Series ()
Summary
Many agape-justice conflicts reflect the competing demands of universal love (agape) versus kin-particularistic love (justice). It is a clash between impartial and partial love. However, this conflict is not about choosing either agape or justice, but about how much of agape and justice’s claims to mix. The main issue is not one of priorities, but one of superfluity, that is, arriving at what is enough for one’s nearest and dearest. The task is in identifying the threshold that allows one to start satisfying the claims of agape after having fulfilled the claims of justice to one’s own kin.
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- Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics , pp. 158 - 213Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023