John S. Feinberg - Ethics for a Brave New World (Updated and Expanded)

This 2nd edition of Ethics for a Brave New World by John Feinberg and Paul Feinberg is a welcome updating and expansion of a text I have long considered essential for anyone wishing to engage the moral collapse of contemporary culture with biblically grounded truth. The Feinbergs provide a timely and effective resource for dealing with the most crucial issues of our day, and they do it in ways as appealing as they are compelling.

Daniel R. Heimbach, Professor of Christian Ethics, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; author, Truth, Sex, and Morality

Since the first edition, changes in the world have only made this books title more apt. Again and again, science fiction has become science fact; and with masterful theological discernment, Ethics for a Brave New World helps us to make sense of what is happening. It does a tremendous service by gathering and interpreting an ocean of literature on key issues of our day. Readers will come away informed about the issues, conversant with the multi-faceted debates that swirl around these vital challenges, and equipped and inspired to engage them in a way that glorifies God.

John Kilner, Forman Chair of Christian Ethics and Theology, Trinity International University

Ethics for a Brave New World, Second Edition

Copyright 1993, 2010 by John S. Feinberg and Paul D. Feinberg

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First edition, 1993

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ISBN-13: 978-1-58134-712-8

ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-2646-6

PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-2644-2

Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-2645-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Feinberg, John S., 1946Ethnics for a Brave new world / John S. Feinberg and Paul D. Feinberg.

2nd ed.

p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.

ISBN: 978-1-58134-712-8 (tpb)

1. Social ethics. 2. Christian ethics. I. Feinberg, Paul D. II. Huxley, Aldous, 18491963. Brave new world. III. Title.

HM216.F4 2010

2010023928

241dc22

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