The Particularity of Sanctity: Why Paradigms of Exemplarity Matter for Christian Virtue Ethics
This paper draws upon the meta-ethical insights of Bernard Lonergan and Raimond Gaita to bolster the foundational claims of Linda Zagzebski's exemplarist moral theory. I aim to refine Zagzebski's approach by pointing out how a community's inevitable prioritization of a given paradigm...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
[2019]
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-127 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics |
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| Summary: | This paper draws upon the meta-ethical insights of Bernard Lonergan and Raimond Gaita to bolster the foundational claims of Linda Zagzebski's exemplarist moral theory. I aim to refine Zagzebski's approach by pointing out how a community's inevitable prioritization of a given paradigm of moral exemplarity plays a decisive role in the trajectory of its ethical reasoning. I conclude by arguing that within the Christian community, encounters with sanctity should determine the identification of virtues rather than vice versa. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-2176 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
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