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Wealth, Virtue, and Moral Luck

Christian Ethics in an Age of Inequality
  • ISBN-13: 9781647121389
  • Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Kate Ward
  • Price: AUD $96.99
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  • Local release date: 28/02/2022
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 280 pages Weight: 400g
  • Categories: Religious ethics [HRAM1]
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In a deeply unequal world, our economic status shapes our pursuit of virtue whether we have enough resources to live comfortably or struggle to survive Our understanding of inequality as a moral problem is incomplete. It is not enough to say that inequality is caused by moral failing. We must also see that influence runs in both directions. Inequality harms peoples moral development. In Wealth, Virtue, and Moral Luck, Kate Ward addresses the issue of inequality from the perspective of Christian virtue ethics, arguing that moral luck-our individual life circumstances-affects our ability to pursue virtue. Economic status functions as moral luck and impedes the ability of both the wealthy and the poor to pursue virtues such as prudence, justice, and temperance, and extreme inequality exacerbates the impact of wealth and poverty on virtue. With these realities in mind, Ward shows how Christians and Christian communities should respond to the challenges inequality poses to virtue. Through working to change the structures that perpetuate extreme inequality-and through spiritual practices, including contentment, conversion, encountering others, and reminding ourselves of our ultimate dependence on God-Ward believes that we can create a world where all people can pursue and achieve virtue.

Kate Ward, who received her PhD from Boston College in 2016, is an assistant professor of theology at Marquette University. She has published articles on wealth, virtue, and economic inequality in journals including Theological Studies, the Journal of Religious Ethics, Heythrop Journal, and the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics.

Acknowledgments Introduction: Reframing the Problem of Inequality 1. Groundwork 2. Christian Virtue Ethics 3. Toward a Christian Virtue Account of Moral Luck 4. Defining Wealth and Poverty for Christian Virtue Ethics 5. Wealth, Virtue, and the Dangers of Hyperagency 6. Poverty and the Virtue Impact of Scarcity 7. Inequality and Virtue Bibliography Index

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