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Ministerial Ethics seeks to teach students the unique moral role of ministers and the ethical responsibilities clergy should assume in their personal and professional lives. The authors deal with family life, confidentiality, truth-telling, political involvement, working with committees, and relating to other church staff members. This fully revised and updated edition has expanded sections on...

As we begin the larger discussion of ministerial ethics, let us be sure that we understand the basics of moral decision making. There are three major components in this task: character, conduct, and moral vision or integrity. Sometimes ethicists use the terms virtues, values, and vision to define these three dynamics in the moral life.12 Being a good minister is obviously a matter of being; however, it is also a matter of doing and a matter of living. As with each leg of a three-legged stool, each
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