How to Link Fullness of Life and Justice for All?: Theological Explorations Inspired by Schillebeeckx and Lebret
The Christian theological-ethical understanding of fullness of life is strongly influenced by Aristotle’s explicit use of the notion ‘the good life’ and his particular interpretation.¹ The human search for sustainable and long-lasting happiness (eudaimonia) is related to living a ‘good life’, unders...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Fullness of Life and Justice for All
Year: 2020, Pages: 95-114 |
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| Summary: | The Christian theological-ethical understanding of fullness of life is strongly influenced by Aristotle’s explicit use of the notion ‘the good life’ and his particular interpretation.¹ The human search for sustainable and long-lasting happiness (eudaimonia) is related to living a ‘good life’, understood by the Greek philosopher as striving to actualise one’s full potential and self-realisation. Although this natural inclination to human flourishing is an individual striving of each person, this process includes an undeniable social aspect.² Since human beings are ‘social and political animals’ in Aristotle’s view, the ‘good life’ entails developing and sustaining human’s social dimension, referring to both... |
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| ISBN: | 1925679438 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fullness of Life and Justice for All
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv16t6ms2.11 |