Paul Ramsey (ethicist)

Paul Ramsey
Born December 10, 1913
United States
Died February 29, 1988 (aged 74)
United States
Nationality American
Occupation Christian ethicist
Religion Protestant

Robert Paul Ramsey (December 10, 1913 – February 29, 1988)[1] was an American Christian ethicist of the 20th century. He was a Methodist and a native of Mississippi. He graduated from Millsaps College in Mississippi and Yale University. The major portion of his academic career was spent as a tenured professor at Princeton University until the end of his life in 1988.

Life

Paul Ramsey undertook his doctoral studies at Yale where he was mentored by H. Richard Niebuhr.[2] He subsequently taught Christian Ethics at Princeton. He has been credited with re-introducing just war theory into Protestant ethical reflection.[3] His popular text book Basic Christian Ethics was reviewed by a young John Rawls.[4]

Bibliography

Secondary literature

References

  1. "Register of the Paul Ramsey Papers, 1934-1984 and undated". Rubenstein Library, Duke University. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  2. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians (London: Greenwood Press, 2000), p387
  3. "Obituary by Oliver O'Donovan". Studies in Christian Ethics. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  4. "Before the Original Position: the Neo-Orthodox Theology of a young John Rawls". by Eric Gregory Journal of Religious Ethics 35.2 (2007).
  5. Basic Christian Ethics.
  6. "The Patient as Person".
  7. "The Essential Paul Ramsey".
  8. "Paul Ramsey's Ethics".

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