It’s Not Enough to be Angry: The Problem with Package- Deal Ethics

THE PROBLEM OF PACKAGE-DEAL ETHICS

The great curse of our generation is how such polarization is warping the way we think through our deepest moral dilemmas. When it comes to ethics, we find our answers too readily and unthinkingly according to which side of the political spectrum we see ourselves on. Values, convictions, ideals, positions on the most momentous debates of the day, beliefs about what should and shouldn’t be done, all get bundled into liberal and conservative “package deals” which we then buy into.

Dr. James Mumford, “Package-deal Ethics”

This April, VJN will host a justice track as a part of the annual Society of Vineyard Scholars Conference at Evanston Vineyard (IL).

This year, in partnership with Vineyard Justice Network, SVS 2020 will feature several sessions that explore the intersections of our theological investigation with the practical work of pursuing God’s justice.

Dr. James Mumford, one of our plenary speakers, will help us do a deep dive into what’s at stake when we allow politics to bundle our ethics for us, as well as challenging us to pursue a Kingdom-orientation to “living in truth.” Check out his article, “Package-Deal Ethics.”

VJN will also offer an off-site immersion, which will enable us to “get proximate” to people and communities as we seek to develop a Kingdom approach ethics, in response to the way our partisan politics work to limit us to highly-problematic “package-deal ethics.”