Morality and Situation Ethics

ISBN: 1939773113

Author: von Hildebrand, Dietrich

Condition: New

Is morality relative? Does it depend on ones perspective or on external circumstances? It has become popular, even commonplace, to assert that what is moral is dependent on ones situation. Dietrich von Hildebrand saw this trend coming, and at the earliest outset he authored this book as a refutation of situation ethics and an affirmation of the unchanging and universal call of true morality. The book takes up the central challenge of situation ethics to argue, definitively, that some actions are always and in every situation wrong. But Hildebrand is sensitive to the special circumstances of individual peoples lives, and he does far more than simply offer judgment. He leads us first to understand the allure of self-righteousness, of the tragic sinner, and of sin mysticism, and how these can obscure true morality.