It is a continually developing theme that integrates all of Richard H. Lieber's ethical thought and teachings.
However one evaluates the ideas he developed throughout his life, it cannot be changed that the concept of a "responsible self" was central to his thought.
It was precisely because of this subject that he could become a moral philosopher whose fundamental task was to explain the biblical foundations of Christian conduct, or to extract all knowledge of Christian morality from theological doctrines.
He also addresses that topic in the lectures described in this book.