Cosmic Gratitude
Classically, gratitude is a tri-polar construal, logically ordering a benefactor, a benefice, and a beneficiary in a favour-giving-receiving situation. Grammatically, the poles are distinguished and bound together by the prepositions to and for; so I call this classic concept to-for gratitude....
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2014]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Año: 2014, Volumen: 6, Número: 3, Páginas: 65-83 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Gratitud
/ Filosofía de religión
/ Conciencia cósmica
/ Amor de Dios
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AB Filosofía de la religión |
| Acceso en línea: |
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| Sumario: | Classically, gratitude is a tri-polar construal, logically ordering a benefactor, a benefice, and a beneficiary in a favour-giving-receiving situation. Grammatically, the poles are distinguished and bound together by the prepositions to and for; so I call this classic concept to-for gratitude. Classic religious gratitude follows this schema, with God as the benefactor. Such gratitude, when felt, is a religious experience, and a reliable readiness or habit of such construal is a religious virtue. However, atheists have sometimes felt an urge or need for an analogous experience and virtue of gratitude, and theists sometimes feel intellectual discomfort with classical theistic gratitude on consideration of the misfortunes that characterize our life along with its blessings. In response, another conception of religious gratitude has been attempted, a construal that lacks the to-for structure. This paper probes the significance of the benefactor for gratitude, both secular and religious, and, with Søren Kierkegaards help, some features of the theology of classical religious gratitude that dissolve the problem of misfortunes. |
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| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v6i3.163 |