In this chapter, Hauerwas notes that one of the primary issues with contemporary ethics has been its focus on rules. This focus is hoped to alleviate or eradicate the “subjective” decision-making in moral “obligations”. As such, there is little, if any, consideration for personal character as a shaping factor in ethics. The rules provide, says the argument, an objective point of ethics. However, ethics are not living in a vacuum. Ethics inevitably must be lived out of a context…, which is later important for suggesting a Christian ethic.
Hauerwas gives three reasons why narrative is so fundamentally crucial for ethics. “First, narrative formally displays our existence and that of the world as creatures – as contingent beings… Second,
Hauerwas gives three reasons why narrative is so fundamentally crucial for ethics. “First, narrative formally displays our existence and that of the world as creatures – as contingent beings… Second,