Kritik af forestillingen om et godt liv: Naturalisme, pragmatisme og kristen etik
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Kritik af forestillingen om et godt liv : Naturalisme, pragmatisme og kristen etik. / Rosfort, René.
I: Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift, Bind 77, Nr. 1, 2014, s. 46-64.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Kritik af forestillingen om et godt liv
T2 - Naturalisme, pragmatisme og kristen etik
AU - Rosfort, René
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This article examines the complex relation between naturalism, ethics, and ideas of a good life, in order to argue for the relevance of a Christian ethics in an age of naturalism. The first two sections deal with the question of naturalism. While strict naturalism maintains a view of nature based on the meaninglessness of nature, relaxed naturalism advocates a more pragmatic view of nature that allows for human meaning and practice. I argue that a relaxed form of naturalism is highly problematic due to its pragmatic emphasis. I also argue that a pragmatic naturalism is not able to answer two basic ethical demands, namely the demand of universalism and the demand of freedom. In the third and final section I sketch my view of a Christian ethics that is able to answer these demands. This ethics takes the form of a critique of our ideas of a good life, arguing that living ethically is a constant struggle both against and for the fragile character of human freedom. It is a radical ethics about the difficult work of human freedom for a hope of humanity that has no solid foundation and no clear answers.
AB - This article examines the complex relation between naturalism, ethics, and ideas of a good life, in order to argue for the relevance of a Christian ethics in an age of naturalism. The first two sections deal with the question of naturalism. While strict naturalism maintains a view of nature based on the meaninglessness of nature, relaxed naturalism advocates a more pragmatic view of nature that allows for human meaning and practice. I argue that a relaxed form of naturalism is highly problematic due to its pragmatic emphasis. I also argue that a pragmatic naturalism is not able to answer two basic ethical demands, namely the demand of universalism and the demand of freedom. In the third and final section I sketch my view of a Christian ethics that is able to answer these demands. This ethics takes the form of a critique of our ideas of a good life, arguing that living ethically is a constant struggle both against and for the fragile character of human freedom. It is a radical ethics about the difficult work of human freedom for a hope of humanity that has no solid foundation and no clear answers.
KW - Det Teologiske Fakultet
KW - Naturalism – Pragmatism – Idea of a Good Life – Ethics – Christian Ethics
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 77
SP - 46
EP - 64
JO - Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift
JF - Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift
SN - 0105-3191
IS - 1
ER -
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