Longing for the good life: virtue ethics after Protestantism

"This book argues that Protestant theological ethics not only reveals basic virtue ethical characteristics, but also contributes significantly to a viable contemporary virtue ethics. Pieter Vos demonstrates that post-Reformation theological ethics still understands the good in terms of the good...

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1. Verfasser: Vos, Pieter 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London, UK T&T Clark 2020
London Bloomsbury Publishing
Schriftenreihe:T&T Clark enquiries in theological ethics
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Zusammenfassung:"This book argues that Protestant theological ethics not only reveals basic virtue ethical characteristics, but also contributes significantly to a viable contemporary virtue ethics. Pieter Vos demonstrates that post-Reformation theological ethics still understands the good in terms of the good life, takes virtues as necessary for living the good life and considers human nature as a source of moral knowledge. Vos approaches Protestant theology as an important bridge between pre-modern virtue ethics, shaped by Aristotle and transformed by Augustine of Hippo, and late modern understandings of morality. The volume covers a range of topics, going from eudaimonism and Calvinist ethics to Reformed scholastic virtue ethics and character formation in the work of Søren Kierkegaard. The author shows how Protestantism has articulated other-centered virtues from a theology of grace, affirmed ordinary life and emphasized the need of transformation of this life and its orders. Engaging with philosophy of the art of living, Neo-Aristotelianism and exemplarist ethics, he develops constructive contributions to a contemporary virtue ethics."
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface -- Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Sources of the Good Life -- 2. Challenging Eudaimonism -- 3. Calvinism and the Breakdown of Teleology -- 4. Retrieving Reformed Scholastic Virtue Ethics -- 5. Character Formation as Kierkegaardian Edification -- 6. Putting on Christ -- 7. The Frailty of Human Virtue -- 8. The Sanctification of Ordinary Life -- Bibliography -- Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 209 Seiten)
ISBN:9780567695093
9780567695109
9780567695086
DOI:10.5040/9780567695093

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