"ETHICS", "MORALITY" AND THE AUGUSTINE LIBERUM ARBITRIUM.
The present paper aims at a reconsideration of the terminological distinction -- postulated by eminent contemporary thinkers such as Alasdair MacIntyre and Bernard Williams -- between "ethics" and "morality". Although this distinction has not been settled as a standard, there is no doubt that it inc...
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2009
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=45126449&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 45126449 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13921126 3D4C jtl: Problems / Problemos issn: 13921126 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2009 vid: 76 pid: 16037 pub: Vilnius University artinfo: ui: 45126449 10.15388/Problemos.2009.0.1941 ppf: 74 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 599KB tig: atl: "ETHICS", "MORALITY" AND THE AUGUSTINE LIBERUM ARBITRIUM. aug: au: Eksen, Kerem affil: Uçaksavar Sitesi, Çimen apt. 3/4 Etiler - Istanbul 34337 Turkey su: Ethics MacIntyre, Alasdair C. (Alasdair Chalmers), 1929-2025 Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003 De libero arbitrio (Book) Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430 Will sug: subj: Ethics MacIntyre, Alasdair C. (Alasdair Chalmers), 1929-2025 Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003 De libero arbitrio (Book) Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430 Will keyword: Augustine ethics eudaimonia morality right action will Augustinas etika eudaimonia moralė teisingas veiksmas valia ab: The present paper aims at a reconsideration of the terminological distinction -- postulated by eminent contemporary thinkers such as Alasdair MacIntyre and Bernard Williams -- between "ethics" and "morality". Although this distinction has not been settled as a standard, there is no doubt that it incited fruitful debates relating to the contemporary issues of moral philosophy as well as the history of ethics. Julia Annas, to take one considerable example, presented a full-fledged criticism of the distinction and touched upon crucial questions. In the following pages, we shall take the general argument of Annas as our starting-point, and reevaluate it with reference to a particular moment in the history of ideas, in order to shed light on the proposed distinction. To this end, we shall focus on the philosophy of Augustine, more precisely on his De Libero Arbitrio (On Free Choice), with the aim of comprehending the novelty of his contribution to the history of ethics. We shall show how Augustine, through his original usage of the concept of voluntas (will), reorganized the sphere of ethics and redefined the relationship between happiness (beatitudo) and right action. We will thereby illustrate that the ethics / morality distinction is highly illuminating for getting the real sense of this process of redefinition and reorganization, as well as the broader transformation that it triggered in the way human action will be problematized by later generations. Straipsnyje analizuojama A. MacIntyre'o ir B. Williamso pasiūlyta terminologinė „etikos" ir „moralės" skirtis. Ši skirtis kol kas netapo etikos diskurso standartu, tačiau ji neabejotinai paskatino vaisingus filosofų debatus svarstant šiuolaikinius moralės filosofijos klausimus, interpretuojant etikos istoriją. Julia Annas, viena ryškesnių šių debatų dalyvių, pateikė išsamią skirties kritiką. Straipsnyje kritiškai analizuojama Annas argumentacija, ji vertinama aptariant vieną idėjų istorijos momentą - Augustino Liberum Arbitrium - ir siekiama naujai pažvelgti į minėtą skirtį ir jos reikšmę etinio diskurso istorijoje. Straipsnyje teigiama, kad Augustino Liberum Arbitrium reikšmė etikos istorijoje sietina su perėjimu nuo graikiškosios etikos prie perspektyvos, siejamos su moralės terminu. Parodoma, kaip Augustinas, originaliai vartodamas valios (voluntas) sąvoką, perorganizavo etikos lauką, naujoviškai apibrėžė laimės (beatitudo) ir teisingo veiksmo sąryšį. Taip demonstruojama, kad etikos ir moralės skirtis iš esmės grindžia dvi etikos diskurso paradigmas ir yra labai vaisinga, padedanti suprasti etikos lauko transformaciją į tuos pavidalus, kuriais klausimus apie apie žmogaus veiksmus kelia vėlesnės kartos. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Problems / Problemos is the property of Vilnius University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Problems / Problemos holder: Vilnius University dt: @attributes: year: 2009 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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