Receptive human virtues : a new reading of Jonathan Edwards's ethics

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    • Cochran, Elizabeth Agnew

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Receptive human virtues : a new reading of Jonathan Edwards's ethics

Elizabeth Agnew Cochran

Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011

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Revelations of love and operations of grace : Jonathan Edwards' human virtues

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-193) and index

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内容説明

This book offers a new reading of Jonathan Edwards's virtue ethic that examines a range of qualities Edwards identifies as "virtues" and considers their importance for contemporary ethics. Each of Edwards's human virtues is "receptive" in nature: humans acquire the virtues through receiving divine grace, and therefore depend utterly on Edwards's God for virtue's acquisition. By contending that humans remain authentic moral agents even as they are unable to attain virtue apart from his God's assistance, Edwards challenges contemporary conceptions of moral responsibility, which tend to emphasize human autonomy as a central part of accountability.

目次

Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. An Ethic of Receptive Human Virtues 2. Love as Necessary and Volitional: Edwards's Account of True Virtue in God 3. Charity as a Human Virtue: The Moral Accountability of a Necessary Nature 4. Humility as a Human Virtue: Imaging God's Mercy Through Creaturely Capacities 5. Virtuous Repentance: Apprehending and Approving God's Moral Excellence 6. Justice and Partial Loves: The Natural Goodness of Incomplete Virtues Conclusion Virtues, Accountability, and Dependence: Edwards's Significance for Contemporary Christian Ethics Notes Works Cited Index

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