Virtue and Human Fragility
New perspectives from virtue ethicists engaged with human fragility make concrete moral theology's long understanding that humans are both free and constrained in our virtue pursuit. Theologians examine the possibilities of virtue under conditions of oppression as well as the virtue and vice of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Theological studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 150-168 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Moral theology
/ Virtue ethics
/ Human being
/ Vulnerability
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| IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Disability
B Lament B Moral Theology B Virtue Ethics B Moral Injury B Moral Luck B Oppression B Fragility |
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| Summary: | New perspectives from virtue ethicists engaged with human fragility make concrete moral theology's long understanding that humans are both free and constrained in our virtue pursuit. Theologians examine the possibilities of virtue under conditions of oppression as well as the virtue and vice of oppressors. Some adapt the term "moral luck" from philosophy to describe how persistent life circumstances shape the pursuit of virtue. Others focus on determinative individual acts through the lens of moral injury, a concept developed by psychologists caring for veterans. Finally, theologians engaged with disability describe flourishing, virtuous lives lived amid human mental and physical fragility. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563920909131 |