Eudaimonism, Virtue, and Self-Sacrifice
This essay introduces some of the key topics at stake in the ongoing controversies about the place of eudaimonism in Christian ethics and theology. Whether and in what way a person should seek her or his own happiness and flourishing has been a central question in ethics for centuries. Here I summar...
| Published in: | Journal of religious ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal of religious ethics
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eudemonism
/ Neoplatonism
/ Christian ethics
/ Self-sacrifice
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society NCA Ethics NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Happiness
B Eudaimonism B Flourishing B Egoism B Neoplatonism |
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| Summary: | This essay introduces some of the key topics at stake in the ongoing controversies about the place of eudaimonism in Christian ethics and theology. Whether and in what way a person should seek her or his own happiness and flourishing has been a central question in ethics for centuries. Here I summarize the contributions the essays in this focus issue make to that conversation, and conclude by briefly sketching a Neoplatonist approach to eudaimonism that may offer a way to build on the insights and concerns articulated in the focus essays. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12247 |