Reframing Catholic Theological Ethics from a Scotistic Perspective
Journal Title: Religions - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 10
Abstract
The article engages with Joseph Selling’s most recent publication Reframing Catholic Theological Ethics in which he invites theological ethicists to re-think the post-Tridentine development of theological ethics by noting its methodological deficiencies, misrepresentation of sources, and an insufficient interest in the most fundamental question: What is it that we are trying to achieve in our moral lives in the first place? In order to re-orient the discipline, Selling proposes a new reading of Thomas Aquinas’ Treatise on Human Acts (ST I-II, 1-21), but the present author argues that this might not be enough, given the debate within the discipline on how Aquinas’ text ought to be interpreted. Hence, the author proposes an alternative route to ‘reframing Catholic theological ethics’ via the works of John Duns Scotus and explores his ethical ideas that might be pertinent for such a project. The main focus of the article is a reflection on Scotus’ ‘case study’ of marriage and bigamy in the Old Testament that justifies drawing a parallel between his work and Selling’s attempt to reframe Catholic theological ethics.
Authors and Affiliations
Nenad Polgar
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP25793
- DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/rel8100200
- Views 314
- Downloads 9
Lamòling Bèaka: Immanence, Rituals, and Sacred Objects in an Unwritten Legend in Alor
This paper recounts a parallel story of the Lamòling myth. The original analysis of the legend addressed the relationship between two gods, Lamòling and Lahatàla, from the Abui traditional religion. The myth evolved fr...
Abelard: Celebrity and Charisma—A Response to Dickson
One might think that Peter Abelard (1079?–1144?) would be the best example of a medieval charismatic teacher. But his rival and prosecutor St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090?–1153) fits the criteria rather better. Unlike Be...
Bickmann, Claudia. “The Idea of a Highest Divine Principle— Founding Reason and Spirituality. A Necessary Concept of a Comparative Philosophy?” Religions 3 (2012): 1025–40
The author wishes to add the following correction to her paper published in Religions [1]: Reference [28] on pages 1035 and 1040 should be [27] and the citation to [27] on p. 1035 should be removed. The author apologiz...
Post-Secularism in a World-Historical Light: The Axial Age Thesis as an Alternative to Secularization
The secularization thesis claims that religion will lose its public influence as the forces of modernity advance. This hypothesis has long functioned as a paradigm within the humanities and social sciences. However, du...
Conclusion
Vertovec (2007) coined the concept of superdiversity, focusing on the multiple variables required to analyze the social status and everyday lives of migrants in Britain. Social scientists have extended this term to tho...