PE301/501  Introduction to Christian Ethics

3 hours per week semester 1

Lecturer: Douglas Milne

Envisaged outcomes:  an appreciation of the whole field of biblical ethics and a working knowledge of the leading schools of philosophical ethics.

Method: Classroom instruction and discussion along with written assignments.

Description: The subject is offered every other year.  The subject covers the whole field of biblical theological ethics, with the moral teaching of Jesus and Paul forming the basis of the course.  Issues raised by modern social, medical and sexual ethics are examined.

Textbooks:

Tom Beauchamp,  Philosophical Ethics, (McGraw-Hill, 1991).

Dennis Hollinger, Choosing the Good, (Baker, 2002).

 

PE402/602  Theological Ethics

3 hours per week semester 2

Lecturer: Douglas Milne

Envisaged outcomes: a recognition of the connection between theology and ethics in the case of particular doctrines, along with a working knowledge of an authentically Christian ethic and method for resolving moral dilemmas.

Method: Classroom instruction and discussion along with written assignments.

Description: The concept of theological ethics is examined along with a number of Christian doctrines and their ethical consequences; a model for using in making ethical decisions is constructed; major themes in philosophical ethics and some second order theories are examined; a number of medical and bioethical issues are taken up.

Textbooks:

Scott Rae,  Moral Choices (Zondervan, 2001).

Gilbert Meilaender, Bioethics, (Eerdmans, 1996).