The "Sitz im Leben" of Ethical Categories
Talk about 'Sitz im Leben' that we are familiar with from biblical criticism also makes sense in ethics and moral theology. This will be demonstrated under three categories: gradualness, conscience and conflict of duties. In gradualness one can progress along an expansion of moral goods an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2017
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ET studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 349-368 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church NCA Ethics |
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| Summary: | Talk about 'Sitz im Leben' that we are familiar with from biblical criticism also makes sense in ethics and moral theology. This will be demonstrated under three categories: gradualness, conscience and conflict of duties. In gradualness one can progress along an expansion of moral goods and be covered by two further 'Sitze im Leben', which are the distinction between having a duty and being overburdened by it, as well as the blunting of the consequences of a deontological norm by interpreting it as an ideal. Such a blunting can also serve talk about conscience by becoming a justification for deviating from the position of the majority or the authorities. In a case where there is a conflict of duties, a duty understood deontologically may collide with it understood teleologically, where one understands the first as an ideal duty and where one can make a decision in favour of the latter. The first two categories are covered in an exposition of passages from 'Amoris Laetitia'. |
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| ISSN: | 2033-4273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Europäische Gesellschaft für Katholische Theologie, ET studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/ETS.8.2.3245459 |