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"After the re-emergence of the tradition of virtue ethics in the early 1980s Reinhold Niebuhr has often served as a foil for authors who locate themselves in that tradition. However, this exercise has often proved controversial. This collection of essays continues this work, across a wide range of subjects, with the aim of avoiding some of the polemics that have previously accompanied it. The central thesis of this book is that putting the work of Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian realism in dialogue with contemporary virtue theory is a profitable undertaking. An introductory essay argues against locating Niebuhr as a consequentialist and in favour of thinking of his work in terms of a dispositional ethics Contributors take different positions on whether Niebuhr's dispositional ethics should be considered a form of virtue ethics or an alternative to virtue ethics. Several of the articles relate Niebuhr and Christian realism to particular virtues. Throughout there is an appreciation of the ways in which any Niebuhrian approach to dispositional ethics or virtue must be shaped by a sense of tragedy, paradox, or irony. The most moral disposition will be one which includes doubts about its own virtue. This volume allows for a repositioning of Niebuhr in the context of contemporary moral theory as well as a rereading of the tradition of virtue ethics in the light of a distinctly Protestant, Christian realist and paradoxical view of virtue. As a result, it will be of great interest to scholars of Niebuhr and Christian Ethics and scholars working in Moral Philosophy and the Philosophy of Religion more generally"--

Virtue --- Political theology --- 2 NIEBUHR, REINHOLD --- 241.5 --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Public theology --- Conduct of life --- Ethics --- Human acts --- 241.5 Theologische ethiek: deugd en ondeugd --- Theologische ethiek: deugd en ondeugd --- 2 NIEBUHR, REINHOLD Godsdienst. Theologie--NIEBUHR, REINHOLD --- Godsdienst. Theologie--NIEBUHR, REINHOLD --- Niebuhr, Reinhold, --- Nībā, Rainhōrudo, --- Nibuer, --- ניבור, ריינהולד, --- Niebuhr, Karl Paul Reinhold, --- Virtue. --- Political theology. --- RELIGION / Christianity / Theology / Ethics --- PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy --- RELIGION / Philosophy --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- General ethics --- Niebuhr, Reinhold

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Reinhold Niebuhr's ideas about ethics, social justice, and foreign policy have been hugely influential for American political thought, and this has been true across the political spectrum, from progressive social justice activists to neo-conservatives. This book distills Niebuhr's disparate and heretofore difficult-to-access work on international relations into one concise and accessible volume. Drawing from the well-springs of Niebuhr's Christian social thought, the volume explores the depths of Niebuhr's views on human nature, race, collective life, U.S. foreign policy, Just War Theory, Cold War era containment, globalization, and the U.N. It then applies his approach to contemporary foreign policy issues such as the 2003 Iraq War, the Responsibility to Protect, and the rise of China.

International relations --- Christianity and international relations. --- Political realism. --- Philosophy. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Niebuhr, Reinhold, --- Political and social views. --- Neo-realism (International relations) --- Neoclassical realism (International relations) --- Realism, Political --- Balance of power --- Christianity and international affairs --- Church and international relations --- International relations and Christianity --- Church and the world --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Nībā, Rainhōrudo, --- Nibuer, --- ניבור, ריינהולד, --- Niebuhr, Karl Paul Reinhold,