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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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Exemplarism in moral education: Problems with applicability and indoctrination
This article introduces an account of moral education grounded in Zagzebski’s recent Exemplarist Moral Theory and discusses two problems that have to be solved for the account to become a realistic alternative to other educational models on the market ...
Michel Croce
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Educating for inquisitiveness: A case against exemplarism for intellectual character education
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 ...
Lani Watson
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In late October of 2019, we brought together scholars from very different traditions in order to explore the notion of exemplarity and the role of exemplars in education.
Morten Timmermann Korsgaard +1 more
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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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The Aesthetics of Ethics: Exemplarism, Beauty, and the Psychology of Morality
Linda Zagzebski recently defended moral exemplarism, a new moral theory on which key moral terms are defined by direct reference to exemplars.1 The theory is meant as an alternative to theories like consequentialism and deontology and promises not only ...
Panos Paris
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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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On the Limitations of Moral Exemplarism: Socio-Cultural Values and Gender
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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