Boer Theo - Theological Ethics After Gustafson (s)

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This study provides a critical analysis of the ethics of James M. Gustafson. Gustafson developed a model of moral reasoning that has become known as "Theocentric Ethics." This model criticises the anthropocentric character in many historical and contemporary ethics, both theological and philosophical. His normative ethics is based upon four sources: historical Christian beliefs, philosophical methods and principles, the results of modern natural sciences, and human experience broadly conceived. The result is a worldview that stresses God's sovereignty and the marginal place of humans in the history of the universe. For normative ethics, theocentrism means that humans should diYert1their attention from human well-being to the well-being of the whole of creation.<br /><br />This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the theme "theology and ethics" throughout Gustafson's works. It is critical about a number of epistemological and methodological elements in Theocentric Ethics. On the basis of the analysis and critique of Gustafson's Theocentric Ethics, this study gives an outline of a theological ethics "after Gustafson".