RT Article
T1 Supporting intimates on faith
JF International journal for philosophy of religion
VO 81
IS 1/2
SP 99
OP 112
A1 Tsai, George
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1559354615
AB What is the role of faith in the familiar practice of supporting intimates in their personal projects? Is there anything distinctly valuable about such faith-based support? I argue that the virtue of being supportive, a characteristic of the good friend or lover, involves a distinctive kind of faith: faith in another persons' chosen self-expressive pursuit(s). Support based on such faith enables the supported party to enjoy a more meaningful and autonomous exercise of agency in self-expressive arenas, and engenders a sense of relational unity or solidarity, deepening the normative and emotional bonds of the relationship.
K1 Autonomy
K1 Autonomy (Psychology)
K1 Faith
K1 Intimacy (Psychology)
K1 Intimate Relationship
K1 Joy
K1 Modally demanding value
K1 Self-expression
K1 Solidarity
K1 Support
DO 10.1007/s11153-016-9607-9