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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 5 - Unattended Past Wrongs
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
Agape-justice conflicts can arise from unattended past wrongs and previous disequilibria in socioeconomic homeostasis. We see this both in theory and in practice. This is sometimes called “prior-fault” moral dilemmas. There is an important time- and place-utility to the claims of justice and agape. These dues have multiple dimensions that must be satisfied simultaneously: giving the right claim, the right amount, at the right time, to the right recipient, from the right payer, at the right place, and in the right manner. Deficiencies in any of these contribute to disequilibria in the delicate socioeconomic homeostasis.
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- Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics , pp. 136 - 157Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023