
Attentiveness to Vulnerability
A Dialogue Between Emmanuel Levinas, Jean Porter, and the Virtue of Solidarity
Daniel J. Fleming(Author)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 24. April 2019
272 pages
978-1-5326-0664-9 (ISBN)
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This book is an attempt to develop a dialogue between the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Jean Porter's Thomistic theory of the natural law, and the virtue of solidarity as expressed in Catholic Social Teaching. It seeks to explore the implications that such a dialogue would have for our understanding of moral reasoning.
Attentiveness to Vulnerability rests on the hypothesis that it is possible to develop a set of robust links between these thinkers and bodies of thought--markedly different as they are in terms of philosophical disposition and framework. Such links specify the ethical implications of Levinas' thought and develop Porter's theory in an original way. This work requires further specification through a developed anthropology, which allows for expansion within the tradition of Catholic theological ethics. The inclusion of Levinas and a focus on the virtue of solidarity allows for an advancement of virtue theory and theological ethics, to the extent that the virtue of solidarity becomes a key aspect of any ethical reasoning.
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English
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Eugene
United States
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978-1-5326-0664-9 (9781532606649)
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Daniel J. Fleming leads ethics and formation for St Vincent's Health Australia, the country's largest Catholic healthcare provider. He is also a senior lecturer in theology and ethics and Honorary Research Associate with the Sydney College of Divinity.
Content
- Intro
- Title Pagess to Vulnerability
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Preamble and Background to the Book
- Phenomenology and Emmanuel Levinas
- Natural Law and Jean Porter
- Virtue Ethics
- Catholic Social Teaching and the Virtue of Solidarity
- The Possibility of Dialogue
- Limitations
- Methodology and Structure
- Stylistic Features of the Book
- Chapter 1: The Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas
- Introduction
- Emmanuel Levinas-Biography of a man and an idea
- Phenomenology, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger: The Background to Levinasian Thought
- The Phenomenology of Emmanuel Levinas: Foundations
- Grasping, Totalization, and the Limitations of Philosophy
- Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence
- Ethics as First Philosophy
- The Levinasian Insight Regarding Human Subjectivity
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2: Nature in the Natural Law
- Introduction
- Why Natural Law and Why Porter?
- Nature in the Natural Law
- Intelligibility: Porter's Understanding of Nature
- Natural Intelligibility and Teleology in Porter's Theory
- Human Nature, Teleology, and Flourishing in Porter's Theory
- Initial Links between Porter and Levinas
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Prerational Nature, Happiness, Virtue, and Jean Porter's Approach
- Introduction
- Well-being, Flourishing, and Happiness
- Virtue ethics
- The Foundations for a Thomistic Account of the Virtues: Porter and Others
- The Virtues of the Passions: Temperance and Fortitude
- The Virtue of Justice
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: An Anthropological Vision Informed by the Catholic Tradition
- Introduction
- A Paradigm of Justice within a Roman Catholic Framework
- Justice and the Personalist Criterion
- Vulnerability
- Sin
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5: The Virtue of Prudence and the Importance of Attentiveness for Moral Reasoning
- Introduction
- Practical and Speculative Reason
- The Virtue of Practical Reason: Prudence
- Prudence as Attentiveness
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6: The Virtue of Solidarity and Attentiveness to Vulnerability
- Introduction
- The Virtue of Solidarity: Background and Foundations
- The Virtue of Solidarity
- Vulnerability as such and Vulnerability in relationship
- The Vices Associated with the Virtue of Solidarity
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Purpose and Structure of the Conclusion
- Findings-Plausibility of the Hypothesis
- Findings-Other Implications of the Argument
- Possibilities for Future Research
- Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
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