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Sexual Ethics
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[German Version]

Recent conceptions of Protestant sexual ethics emphasize the difference between ethics as critical moral theory and sexual morality as its object; again, a distinction must be made between normative conceptions of ethics and descriptive or hermeneutical conceptions, following in the footsteps of F.D.E. Schleiermacher. Changes in the area of sexuality, marriage, and family, often profound, can be adequately addressed theologically only if they are not subjected at the same time to normative ethical assessment; they must first be …

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Körtner, Ulrich H.J., “Sexual Ethics”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_025491>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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