The Challenge and Limits of Psychology to Theological Ethics
This article summarizes the claims of Owen Flanagan that psychology can make important criticisms of and viable contributions to both religious and philosophical ethics. Flanagan insists that both fields of ethics should pass the test of what he calls the Principle of Minimal Psychological Realism (...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Society of Christian Ethics
1999
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The annual of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 19, Pages: 133-143 |
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| Summary: | This article summarizes the claims of Owen Flanagan that psychology can make important criticisms of and viable contributions to both religious and philosophical ethics. Flanagan insists that both fields of ethics should pass the test of what he calls the Principle of Minimal Psychological Realism (PMPR). However, in order for Flanagan to escape naïve naturalism, his PMPR test should be used within a hermeneutic philosophy such as that of Paul Ricoeur. Ricoeur's concepts of |
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| ISSN: | 2372-9023 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, The annual of the Society of Christian Ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/asce1999198 |