Duns Scotus on Disability: Teleology, Divine Willing, and Pure Nature

According to the so-called “religio-ethical” model of disability accepted in some sense by Aquinas, disability is fundamentally a punishment for wrongdoing. Duns Scotus rejects this view and holds that disability could simply have been part of God’s plan, and that its presence could have been explai...

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Autor principal: Cross, Richard 1964- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Sage Publ. [2017]
En: Theological studies
Año: 2017, Volumen: 78, Número: 1, Páginas: 72-95
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Juan, Duns Scotus 1266-1308 / Thomas, von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274 / Voluntad de Dios / Ser humano / Naturaleza
Clasificaciones IxTheo:KAE Edad Media Central
KDB Iglesia católica
NBC Dios
NBE Antropología
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Sumario:According to the so-called “religio-ethical” model of disability accepted in some sense by Aquinas, disability is fundamentally a punishment for wrongdoing. Duns Scotus rejects this view and holds that disability could simply have been part of God’s plan, and that its presence could have been explained simply by virtue of God’s finding beauty in some of the bodily configurations of the disabled. I conclude by showing how Scotus’s view relates to the so-called “social” model of disability.
ISSN:2169-1304
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040563916682324