The Particularity of Sanctity: Why Paradigms of Exemplarity Matter for Christian Virtue Ethics

This paper draws upon the meta-ethical insights of Bernard Lonergan and Raimond Gaita to bolster the foundational claims of Linda Zagzebski's exemplarist moral theory. I aim to refine Zagzebski's approach by pointing out how a community's inevitable prioritization of a given paradigm...

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Main Author: Clark, Patrick Mahaney (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center [2019]
In: Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-127
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This paper draws upon the meta-ethical insights of Bernard Lonergan and Raimond Gaita to bolster the foundational claims of Linda Zagzebski's exemplarist moral theory. I aim to refine Zagzebski's approach by pointing out how a community's inevitable prioritization of a given paradigm of moral exemplarity plays a decisive role in the trajectory of its ethical reasoning. I conclude by arguing that within the Christian community, encounters with sanctity should determine the identification of virtues rather than vice versa.
ISSN:2326-2176
Contains:Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics