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The Doctrine of Exemplarism: A Symbolic Attempt to Escape the Pelagian Heresy
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
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Educating through exemplars: Alternative paths to virtue [PDF]
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
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On the Limitations of Moral Exemplarism: Socio-Cultural Values and Gender [PDF]
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
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Educating for inquisitiveness: A case against exemplarism for intellectual character education [PDF]
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
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Aquinas on the Being in God and in Proper Nature [PDF]
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
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Study of Linda Zagzebski's Theological Approach to Moral Saints [PDF]
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
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The Necessity of an Incarnate Prophet
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
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Ambassadors of the game: do famous athletes have special obligations to act virtuously? [PDF]
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
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
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Moral exemplars in education: a liberal account [PDF]
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
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