Kritik af forestillingen om et godt liv: Naturalisme, pragmatisme og kristen etik
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- DTT_77_2014_46-64_René_Rosfort_Naturalisme,_pragmatisme_og_kristen_etik_Kritik_af_forestillingen_om_et_godt_liv
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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.
Originalsprog | Dansk |
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Tidsskrift | Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift |
Vol/bind | 77 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Sider (fra-til) | 46-64 |
Antal sider | 19 |
ISSN | 0105-3191 |
Status | Udgivet - 2014 |
- Det Teologiske Fakultet - Naturalism – Pragmatism – Idea of a Good Life – Ethics – Christian Ethics
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