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...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 2019, Band: 47, Heft: 1, Seiten: 7-14 |
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Eudämonismus
/ Neuplatonismus
/ Christliche Ethik
/ Selbstaufopferung
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RelBib Classification: | CH Christentum und Gesellschaft NCA Ethik NCC Sozialethik |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Happiness
B Eudaimonism B Flourishing B Egoism B Neoplatonism |
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Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12247 |