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'''Ethics''' is the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition. Ethics as a separate discipline cannot be distinguished in the tradition of the Church. In recent times, however, the dialogue between Orthodoxy and the modern world has led to several works on ethics by Orthodox theologians such as Fr. [[Stanley S. Harakas|Stanley Harakas]], Georgios Mantzarides, [[Christos Yannaras]], and [[Vigen Guroian]]. They approach Orthodox ethics from the perspective that ethical issues are addressed throughout the life of the Church. [[Scripture]], [[worship]], [[patristics|patristic]] writings, and [[Canons (law)|canon law]] are examples of loci of ethical teaching in the life of the Orthodox Church.
The Orthodox approach to ethics is [[Soteriology|soteriological]], i.e., ethics is understood from the perspective that salvation is the ultimate goal of man. Since in the Orthodox understanding salvation is intrinsically connected with [[Christology]] and the doctrine of the [[Trinity]], the starting point of an Orthodox approach to ethics is the Trinitarian God. It is in God and in the relationships among the persons of the Holy Trinity that we find our goals as human beings, as individual human beings and members of a community, e.g., family, church, society.
*[[Environmental ethics]]
*[[Euthanasia]]
*[[Female Feticide]]
*[[Genetic engineering]]
*[[Homosexuality]]
*[[Just war]]
*[[Internet and cyber-space]]
*[[Life support]]
*[[Marriage]]
*[[Natural family planning]]
*[[Organ donation]]
*[[Orthodox Christianity and the Internet]]
*[[Orthodox Living]]
*[[Pain medication]]
*[[Political ethics]]
*[[Recreational drug use]]
*[[Sex]]
*[[Social Ethical Models]]
*[[Stem cell research]]
*[[Surrogacy]]
*[[Torture]]
*[[Usury]]
==Books on Orthodox Ethics==
*[[John Breck]], ''The Sacred Gift of Life: Orthodox Christianity and Bioethics'' (1999) ISBN 978-0881411836
*John Breck, ''Stages on Life's Way: Orthodox Thinking on Bioethics'', with Lynn Breck (2006). ISBN 978-0881412994
*[[H. Tristram Engelhardt]], Jr., ''The Foundations of Christian Bioethics'' (2000) ISBN 902651557X  *Vigen Guroian, ''Notes Toward an Eastern Orthodox Ethic.'' '''The Journal of Religious Ethics.''' Vol. 9, No. 2 (Fall, 1981), pp. 228-244.*Vigen Guroian, ''Seeing Worship as Ethics: An Orthodox Perspective.'' '''The Journal of Religious Ethics.''' Vol. 13, No. 2 (Fall, 1985), pp. 332-359.*Vigen Guroian, ''Life's Living Toward Dying: A Theological and Medical-Ethical Study'' (1996). ISBN 978-0802841902*Vigen Guroian, ''Incarnate Love: Essays in Orthodox Ethics'', 2nd revised and expanded edition (2002). ISBN 978-0268031695*Vigen Guroian, ''Ethics after Christendom: Toward an Ecclesial Christian Ethics'' (2006). ISBN 978-1592447671 *Stanley Harakas, ''Contemporary Moral Issues Facing the Orthodox Christian'' (1982). ISBN 978-0937032244*Stanley Harakas, ''For the Health of Body and Soul: An Eastern Orthodox Introduction to Bioethics'' (1983). ISBN 978-0916586423*Stanley Harakas, ''Let Mercy Abound: Social Concern in the Greek Orthodox Church'' (1994). ISBN 978-0916586614*Stanley Harakas, ''Living the Faith: The'' Praxis ''of Eastern Orthodox Ethics'' (1993). ISBN 978-0937032923*Stanley Harakas, ''Toward Transfigured Life: The'' Theoria ''of Eastern Orthodox Ethics'' (1983). ISBN 978-0937032282*Stanley Harakas, ''Wholeness of Faith and Life: Eastern Orthodox Ethics''. Vol. 1: Patristic Ethics ISBN 978-1885652263. Vol. 2: Church Life Ethics (2004) ISBN 978-1885652294. Vol. 3: Orthodox Social Ethics (2004) ISBN 978-1885652300*Christos Yannaras, ''The Freedom of Morality'' (1984). ISBN 0881410284 ==Books on Orthodox EthicsSee also=={{stub}}*[[Virtues]]
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