Ethik der Hoffnung

Doing what is right at the time with the courage of hope - Christian existence and social action belong together - Jürgen Moltmann's essay on the basic lines of an ethics of hope With the "Theology of Hope" Jürgen Moltmann founded his international reputation in 1964. The political message of this book: Christian existence and social action belong together. Now finally follows the long awaited "Ethics of Hope". In it Moltmann sketches the basic lines of an ethics of hope which were and are guiding for him. He makes clear how ethical views, ethical judgements and concrete action could look from a perspective of the theology of hope. After a fundamental chapter on the connection between eschatology and ethics three steps follow: Moltmann asks for an ethics of life in demarcation against an ethics of death.