Supporting intimates on faith
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...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2017
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Έτος: 2017, Τόμος: 81, Τεύχος: 1/2, Σελίδες: 99-112 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Autonomy (Psychology)
B Intimate Relationship B Intimacy (Psychology) B Support B Joy B Self-expression B Faith B Autonomy B Solidarity B Modally demanding value |
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| Σύνοψη: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-016-9607-9 |