Date
1-2017
Department
Rawlings School of Divinity
Degree
Master of Divinity (MDiv)
Chair
Ken Cleaver
Keywords
Abelard, Christianity, Consequentialism, Gospels, Mill, Utilitarianism
Disciplines
Christianity | History of Religions of Western Origin | Other Religion | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Witt, John, "Christ's Consequentialism in Light of Abelard and Mill" (2017). Masters Theses. 478.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/478
Abstract
An exegetical investigation of the ethical teachings of Christ seen throughout the Gospel accounts. Christ's consequentialist teachings are further clarified by investigating the works of Peter Abelard and John Stuart Mill. Brief reviews of modern consequentialists and utilitarians are given, and finally a cumulative formulation of a working Christian utilitarian ethic is formulated.
Included in
Christianity Commons, History of Religions of Western Origin Commons, Other Religion Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons
