ABSTRACT

We generally assume that we will recognize a moral challenge when we are faced with one. We hope that the boundaries will be evident and the choices to make are obvious. But privately we may wonder: Will we really know? What is it that we will perceive and see? What will alert us that this is a situation we should pay attention to? What should we do in response? These are central issues that characters, most notably the protagonist, Jerry, confront in Blessed Assurance.