On the goods of the religious life: contextualizing the approach of Richard Swinburne

In this article, I seek to extend Richard Swinburne's discussion of the practical reasonableness of the religious way of life, by locating his account of the goods of that life within a larger context. Drawing on Thomas Aquinas's category of infused moral virtue, I sketch an account of the...

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Publicado en:Religious studies
Autor principal: Wynn, Mark 1963- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Cambridge Univ. Press [2017]
En: Religious studies
Año: 2017, Volumen: 53, Número: 3, Páginas: 371-385
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Swinburne, Richard 1934- / Teísmo / Vida religiosa
Clasificaciones IxTheo:AB Filosofía de la religión
AG Vida religiosa
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Sumario:In this article, I seek to extend Richard Swinburne's discussion of the practical reasonableness of the religious way of life, by locating his account of the goods of that life within a larger context. Drawing on Thomas Aquinas's category of infused moral virtue, I sketch an account of the motivational lure of the religious life which supplements Swinburne's emphasis on the fulfilment of moral obligation, by considering the significance of, for example, distinctively theological aesthetic goods.
ISSN:1469-901X
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412517000269