<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Christian ethics is a branch of Christian theology that defines virtuous behavior and wrong behavior from a Christian perspective . Systematic theological study of Christian ethics is called moral theology . </P> <P> Christian virtues are often divided into four cardinal virtues and three theological virtues . Christian ethics includes questions regarding how the rich should act toward the poor, how women are to be treated, and the morality of war . Christian ethicists, like other ethicists, approach ethics from different frameworks and perspectives . The approach of virtue ethics has also become popular in recent decades, largely due to the work of Alasdair MacIntyre and Stanley Hauerwas . </P> <P> The curriculum for seminary formation of Catholic priests commonly includes multiple, required courses in Catholic moral theology . Required courses in moral theology or ethics are comparatively less common in Evangelical seminaries . </P>

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