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The Doctrine of Exemplarism: A Symbolic Attempt to Escape the Pelagian Heresy

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Heresies are intrinsically intertwined with the evolution and inner growth of the very religions that denounce them. They serve as theological junctures, challenging and thus refining the orthodoxy of religious beliefs. The Pelagian heresy touches on one
Liran Shia Gordon
exaly   +3 more sources

Educating through exemplars: Alternative paths to virtue [PDF]

open access: yesTheory and Research in Education, 2017
This paper confronts Zagzebski’s exemplarism with the intertwined debates over the conditions of exemplarity and the unity-disunity of the virtues, to show the advantages of a pluralistic exemplar-based approach to moral education (PEBAME).
Michel Croce, Maria Silvia Vaccarezza
exaly   +4 more sources

On the Limitations of Moral Exemplarism: Socio-Cultural Values and Gender [PDF]

open access: yesEthical Theory and Moral Practice, 2020
In this paper, I highlight and discuss two significant limitations of Zagzebski’s (in Exemplarist moral theory, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017) exemplarist moral theory.
Alkis Kotsonis
exaly   +4 more sources

Educating for inquisitiveness: A case against exemplarism for intellectual character education [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Moral Education, 2019
One natural application of Linda Zagzebski’s exemplarist moral theory (EMT) is found in the context of moral and intellectual character education. Zagzebski discusses this application in her recent book, commenting that ‘exemplars can serve as a guide ...
Watson, Lani
exaly   +4 more sources

Aquinas on the Being in God and in Proper Nature [PDF]

open access: yesBogoslovni Vestnik, 2023
Among the many debates concerning God’s relation to the world, the teaching of the existence of the idea of created beings in the eternal Word is noteworthy.
Piotr Roszak
doaj   +1 more source

Study of Linda Zagzebski's Theological Approach to Moral Saints [PDF]

open access: yesComparative Theology, 2022
Linda Zagzebski is one of the philosophers working on the emotions and motivating dispositions of the saints. By expanding her theory of divine motivation, she tried to fill in an important gap in previous accounts about saintly life and show why ...
Aliasghar Hashemzadeh
doaj   +1 more source

The Necessity of an Incarnate Prophet

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This article aims to provide an a priori argument—termed the Flourishment Argument, for the veracity of the Christian conception of the Abrahamic religion that centres on God’s action of sending a divine and atoning prophet into the world.
Joshua R. Sijuwade
doaj   +1 more source

Ambassadors of the game: do famous athletes have special obligations to act virtuously? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Do famous athletes have special obligations to act virtuously? A number of philosophers have investigated this question by examining whether famous athletes are subject to special role model obligations (Wellman 2003; Feezel 2005; Spurgin 2012).
Archer, Alfred, Yorke, Christopher C.
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Cultural-Symbolic World Picture of the Latin Christian Middle Ages: The Ontological Dimension

open access: yesНаукові записки НаУКМА: Філософія та релігієзнавство, 2020
The present paper is a continuation of the previous appearances by the author addressing the phenomenon of the cultural-symbolic world pictures as typologically founded in the “epoch-making” ontologies and culturally expressed versions of history.
Yurii Svatko
doaj   +1 more source

Moral exemplars in education: a liberal account [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This paper takes issue with the exemplarist strategy of fostering virtue development with the specific goal of improving its applicability in the context of education.
Croce, Michel
core   +1 more source

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