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A covenantal ethic, above all else, defines the moral life responsively. Moral action (such as selling, refraining, respecting, or giving) ultimately derives from and responds to a primordial receiving.
This essay draws on the three sources in my writings cited in the Bibliography, but it orders the thought in a way I have not heretofore proposed.
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May, W.F. (1994). The Medical Covenant: An Ethics of Obligation or Virtue?. In: McKenny, G.P., Sande, J.R. (eds) Theological Analyses of the Clinical Encounter. Theology and Medicine, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8386-2_2
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