General

Pinckaers, Servais (1995) The Sources of Christian Ethics

Wogaman, J. P (1994) Christian Ethics: A Historical Introduction

Patristics

General

Ambrose On the Duties of the Clergy (Nicene & Post Nicene Fathers ser. 2 vol. 10)

Augustine On the Morals of the Catholic Church (NPNF ser. 1 vol. 4)

Augustine On the nature of the good (NPNF ser. 1 vol. 4)

Augustine On Christian Doctrine, book I (tr. & ed. R. P. H. Green)

Augustine On Lying,&, Against Lying (NPNF vol. 3)

Burnaby, John (1935) Amor Dei: A Study of the Religion of St. Augustine

Clement of Alexandria The Rich Man's Salvation (Loeb)

Clement of Alexandria Stromateis bk. 7 (Ante-Nicene Fathers vol. 2)

Greer, Rowan (1986) Broken Lights and Mended Lives

Osborn, E. Ethical Patterns in Early Christian thought

Telfer, W. The Forgiveness of Sin

Tertullian On Repentance (ANF vol. 3)

Tertullian On Patience (ANF vol. 3)

Tertullian On Modesty (ANF vol. 4)

Tertullian Divine Institutes bk. 6 (ANF vol. 7)

Augustine (secondary)

Burt, D. X. (1999) Friendship and Society

Holte, R. (1962) Béatitude et Sagesse

O'Donovan, O. (1979) The Problem of Self-Love in St Augustine

Wetzel, J. Augustine and the Limits of Virtue


Medieval and Reformation

Keenan J. & Shannon T. (eds.) The Context of Casuistry

(general)

Bernard of Clairvaux On the Love of God

Desiderius Erasmus Enchiridion (Advocates of Reform, Library of Christian Classics)

John Calvin Institutes II, chs. 7-11.

Kent, Bonnie Virtues of the Will

Maimonides A Guide of the Perplexed

Martin Luther The Freedom of the Christian (Luther's Works, Vol. 31

Martin Luther Two Kinds of Righteousness (Luther's Works, Vol. 31)

Martin Luther The Sermon on the Mount (Luther's Works, Vol. 21)

Martin Luther Treatise on Good Works (Luther's Works Vol. 44)

Peter Abelard Ethics: Know Thyself ( Ethical Writings tr. P. V. Spade)

Porter, Jean (1998) Natural Law and Divine Law: reclaiming the tradition for Christian ethics

Potts, T. Conscience in Medieval Philosophy

Richard Hooker Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, bks 1 & 2

Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae I qq. 5,6

Thomas Aquinas I-II qq.1-5, 18-21, 49-70, 90-108

Thomas Aquinas II-II qq.23-27, 47-56, 179-182.

William Perkins 'A Treatise of the Vocations or Callings of Men', 'Epeikia' 'The Cases of Conscience' (in The Works of William Perkins ed. I. Breward

Wolter, A. B Duns Scotus on the Will and Morality


Maimonides (secondary)

Fox, M. Interpreting Maimonides

Twesky, I Introduction ot the Code of Maimonides


Thomas Aquinas (secondary)

Copleston, F. C. Aquinas

O'Connor, D. J. Aquinas and Natural Law

Porter, Jean. The Recovery of Virtue

Martin Luther (secondary)

Althaus, P. The Ethics of Martin Luther

Holl, K. The Reconstruction of Morality

John Calvin (secondary)

Haas, G. The Concept of Equity in Calvin's Ethics

17th & 18th Centuries

 Allison, C. F The Rise of Moralism

General

Blaise Pascal Provincial Letters

David Hume Treatise on Human Nature, Bk. 3

David Hume Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

Hudson, N. Samuel Johnson and 18th Century Thought

Immanuel Kant Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals

Immanuel Kant Critique of Practical Reason

These and other texts of Kant available here

Immanuel Kant Lectures on Ethics: "On the Supposed Right to tell a Lie"

Jeremy Taylor The Rule of Conscience bk. 1

Jonathan Edwards The Two Treatises Concerning the End for which God Created the World (Preface, Ch1 & Ch2) and The Nature of True Virtue (Works vol. 8)

Jonathan Edwards Treatise on the Religious Affections (Works vol. 2)

Joseph Butler Sermons Upon Human Nature

Leites, E. (ed.) Conscience and Casuistry in Early Modern Europe

Marquardt, M. John Wesley's Social Ethics

Richard Baxter Christian Directory

Todd, M. Christian Humanism and the Puritan Social Order

Wood, Thomas English Casuistical Divinity

Zagorin, P. Ways of Lying

Jonathan Edwards (secondary)

Fiering, N. Jonathan Edwards' Moral Thought and the British Context

Holbrook, C. A. The Ethics of Jonathan Edwards

Immanuel Kant (secondary)

Hare, John The Moral Gap.

Further information on Kant and Kantian Ethics and Kant on the Web

19th Century

F. D. Maurice Lectures on Social Morality

F. Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil

F. Nietzsche The Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Schleiermacher Introduction to Christian Ethics

J. S. Mill Utilitarianism and also here

Rudd, A. Kierkegaard and the Limits of the Ethical

Søren Kierkegaard Fear and Trembling

Søren Kierkegaard The Present Age

Søren Kierkegaard The Concept of Dread

Søren Kierkegaard Works of Love

Søren Kierkegaard (secondary)

Karl Barth The Holy Spirit and the Christian Life

See also D. Anthony Storm's Kierkegaard Commentary

Twentieth Century up to c.1950

Anders Nygren Agape and Eros

Bonhoeffer, D. Ethics

C. S. Lewis The Abolition of Man

Dietrich von Hildebrand Christian Ethics

Emil Brunner The Divine Imperative

H. R. Niebuhr The Kingdom of God in America

H. R. Niebuhr Christ and Culture

Henri Bergson The Two Sources of Morality and Religion

Karl Barth Ethics (1931)

Karl Barth Gospel and Law

Karl Barth Church Dogmatics II/2. 36-39

Karl Barth Church Dogmatics III/4

Karl Barth Church Dogmatics IV/2. 68

Karl Barth The Christian Life

Kenneth E. Kirk Some Principles of Moral Theology

Kenneth E. Kirk Ignorance, Fa ith and Conformity

Kenneth E. Kirk Conscience and its Problems

Kenneth E. Kirk The Vision of God

M. Scheler Person and Self-Value

Nicolai Berdyaev The Destiny of Man

Reinhold Niehbur An Interpretation of Christian Ethics

Walter Rauschenbusch A Theology for the Social Gospel

Karl Barth (secondary)

Biggar, N. The Hastening that Waits

Matheny, P. D. Dogmatics and Ethics

Webster, John Barth's Moral Theology

H. R. Niebuhr (secondary)

Stassen, G. et al. Authentic Transformation

 

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