Christian ethics tried to make the concerns of social sciences for social analysis and action. The primary subject theologically is how to keep Christian ethics Christian. As Christians we believe we not only need a community, but a community of a particular kind to live well morally. Fundamental question is how Scripture should be approached. Right behavior is a matter of life and death.
Revelation is graced insight into experience.
The scholar is the ghost writer of faith, not its hero. The further example of the commission that on its own and with discussion found the policy modifiable, because they were unaware of the tradition and history surrounding the original ruling. The vitality of a community depends upon the continuing viability of its tradition. When we inquire about God we are also inquiring about other parts of our lives and experience, not just the historical tradition. Human experience is both the starting point and the ending point of the circle of interpretation.