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The principle of excellence: a framework for social ethics
2009, Lexington Books
in English
0739136380 9780739136386
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Table of Contents
Preface
Part I: What is excellence?
The making of a new meaning of excellence
The making of a concept
Divine imitation and excellence
Excellence and subject
Infinite longing
A view of human nature
Self-world correlation and excellence
Exegeting excellence
The grammar of excellence
Excellence : technical and ontological
Excellence as will-to-the-infinite
Excellence as community of abstract-concrete and more
Problematic standards of excellence
Excellence and creativity
The core features of excellence
An African conception of excellence
New being : the construction of excellent self
Conclusion: The features of excellence
New being : participation and imitation
Christology of excellence
Imitation in Christian theology
Justice, love and hope
Excellence and justice
Excellence and love
Excellence and hope
Part II: Social ethical framework
A framework for social ethics
Tillich's concept of ethics
Creativity and theonomous ethics
Governance and prophetic spirit
A model of an excellentist social world
Outline of governance ethics
Excellence and the prophetic spirit
The prophetic spirit and the law
Social practice as boundary of possibilities
Social practice : the tension between included and excluded possibilities
The myth of goods : internal versus external
Excellence and economic development
The theological character of economic development
Modeling excellence on factors of economic development
Excellence and money
Economic development : the role of work and monetary policy
The good, truth, and beauty
The depth and destiny of excellence
The exit and tag line : Africa and excellence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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