Normative Virtue Theory in Theological Ethics
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Normative Virtue Theory in Theological Ethics
What place is there for virtue theory in theological ethics? Many question the normative significance of virtue theory in theological ethics today, leaving it to rule-based ethics to provide action-guidance. There are three key objections to the normativity of virtue theory: that virtue theory is about agents rather than actions, that virtue theory has nothing to say directly about the morality...
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عنوان ژورنال: Religions
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2077-1444
DOI: 10.3390/rel8100211