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Flawed Perfection : What It Means to Be Human and Why It Matters for Culture, Politics, and Law.
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TextPublisher: Ashland : Lexham Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781683590255
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part 1: Human Nature -- Chapter 1: Why Human Nature Matters -- A House Divided -- In Search of Foundations -- Human Nature and Law -- Chapter 2: Christianity on Human Nature -- Created in the Image of God -- Fallen -- Accountable -- Conclusion -- Part 2: Global Issues -- Chapter 3: Human Trafficking -- Four Types of Human Trafficking -- Forced Labor -- Organ Trafficking -- Child Soldiers -- Sex Trafficking -- Human Trafficking and Human Nature -- Human Fallenness -- Humans as Created in the Image of God -- Legal and Policy Implications -- Inadequate Enforcement -- Addressing Prostitution -- Implications for the Church -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Biotechnology -- The Biotechnology Revolution -- Genetic Testing -- Gene Therapy -- Cloning -- Stem Cell Research -- Human Nature and the Biotechnology Revolution -- We Are Created with Dignity and Worth in the Image of God -- We Are Fallen -- We Are Morally Accountable Agents -- Legal and Policy Implications -- Genetic Testing: Pursue with Caution -- Genetic Therapy: Pursue with Caution -- Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Therapeutic Cloning: Reject Entirely -- Human Reproductive Cloning: Reject Entirely -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Genocide -- Genocide in the Last Eighty Years -- The Holocaust (1939-1945) -- Bosnia (1992-1995) -- Rwanda (1994) -- Darfur (2003-) -- The Complicity of Christians in the Genocides of the past Century -- Christian Support for Racial and Ethnic Hatred -- Christian Involvement in Genocide -- Genocide and a Flawed View of Human Nature -- We Are Fallen -- We Are Made in the Image of God -- Legal and Policy Implications -- The Issue of Enforcement -- What Makes a Legitimate Use of Force -- The Responsibility to Protect -- Implications for the Church -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Human Rights -- Origin of the Human Rights Movement.
Successes of the Human Rights Movement -- Dangers of the Human Rights Movement -- Human Dignity -- Lack of Agreement on What Rights Should Be Protected -- Lack of Rights Enforcement -- Human Fallenness -- Legal and Policy Implications -- Establish a Strong Basis for Human Rights -- Promote the Rule of Law -- Implications for the Church: Nongovernmental Organizations -- International Justice Mission -- Jubilee Campaign Usa -- Conclusion -- Part 3: Domestic Issues -- Chapter 7: Rule of Law -- Good Governance and the Rule of Law -- The Anglo-American Political Tradition and the Rule of Law -- The Rule of Law and Human Nature -- Revolutionary France -- Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge -- Challenges to the Rule of Law Today -- Executive Orders -- Judicial Policy Making -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Criminal Punishment -- How and Why Do We Punish? -- Evaluating Competing Punishment Theories -- The Case for a Utilitarian Punishment Theory -- The Case for a Retributive Punishment Theory -- Legal and Policy Implications -- Moral Accountability -- Created in the Image of God -- Fallenness -- The Biblical Case for Retribution -- Lingering Questions -- If Retribution Is the Core of a Just System of Punishment, Does Deterrence Have Any Role? -- What about Restorative Justice? -- Implications for the Church -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Environmental Influence Defenses -- Framework for Criminal Responsibility -- Environmental Influence Defenses within This Framework -- The Future of Environmental Influence Defenses -- Environmental Influence Defenses and Moral Accountability -- Addressing Environmental Influence Defenses from a Christian Perspective -- Scripture on Environmental Causes of Wrongdoing -- Queen v. Dudley and Stephens: A Model for Approaching Environmental Influence Defenses.
Applying a Right Understanding of Human Nature to Environmental Influence Defenses -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Christian Utopianism -- History of Christian Utopianism -- Fatal Flaws of Legislative Overreach -- Flaw 1: The Fallenness of Legislators and Law Enforcers -- Flaw 2: The Fallenness of Citizens -- Flaw 3: A Misunderstanding of Government's Role -- Flaw 4: Destructiveness to the Church -- Legal and Policy Implications -- Counting the Cost of Legislating Human Action -- Making Concessions for Sinful Human Nature -- Legislating Morality When Its Absence Causes Direct and Significant Harm -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Court Cases -- Subject/Author Index.
