The Person of Christ

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-150
Author(s):  
S. Mark Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Foundations

Jonathan Edwards’s doctrine of the Person of Christ has provoked a flurry of recent curiosity. Much of this curiosity has to do with how we make sense of the philosophical foundations on which the structure of Edwards’s Christology rests. In this chapter, I attempt to locate Edwards’s two-natures doctrine within the larger picture of catholic Christianity by situating his various claims about the God-man within the context of that historic distinction between concrete-nature and abstract-nature Christology, and all this, in light of his philosophical commitment to immaterialism. Putting Edwards’s philosophical speculations about the doctrine of the person of Christ into conversation with such important developments in the tradition is a step that must be taken if we are going to further enrich our understanding of his contribution to catholic Christology.

Chapter I: The Philosophical Foundations of Guidance and Personnel Work

1960 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
William D. Wilkins ◽  
Barbara J. Perlmutter
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Foundations

Equity Is Not a Single Thing

2020 ◽  
pp. 144-167
Author(s):  
Lionel Smith
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
The Body ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Narrow Sense ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Rules And Principles ◽  
Unique Manner ◽  
The Common ◽  
Court Of Chancery

In this chapter, I ask whether it is possible to identify the philosophical foundations of Equity as it was defined by Frederic Maitland: the body of rules and principles that were developed over the centuries by the Court of Chancery. My answer is that there is no single purpose, approach, philosophy, or norm that characterizes Equity so defined. What is characteristic about Equity is a unique manner comprehending the juridical nature of some obligations, which grew out of Equity’s regulation of uses and trusts. This approach reveals three dimensions. First, Equity requires that one who owes such an obligation perform it, if necessary by substitution; there is no option of breaching and paying compensation for loss caused. Secondly, these obligations are understood by Equity in a manner that has the effect of depersonalizing the burden of these obligations. In the civil law tradition and in the common law (in the narrow sense that excludes Equity), an obligation is a bilateral relationship. Equity’s unique philosophy in relation to some obligations turned them into something like property rights and created the office of trusteeship. Finally, Equity understood some obligations not as freestanding particles but as elements of a particular kind of relationship, and this relationship is capable of itself generating new primary obligations. All these elements taken together facilitated the creation of an enduring conceptual toolkit for the juridical apprehension of relationships in which one person acts for and on behalf of another.

Confucian Perfectionism

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Chan
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Moral Rights ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
Political Equality ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Liberal Conception ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Conception Of The Good ◽  
The Right

Since the very beginning, Confucianism has been troubled by a serious gap between its political ideals and the reality of societal circumstances. Contemporary Confucians must develop a viable method of governance that can retain the spirit of the Confucian ideal while tackling problems arising from nonideal modern situations. The best way to meet this challenge, this book argues, is to adopt liberal democratic institutions that are shaped by the Confucian conception of the good rather than the liberal conception of the right. The book examines and reconstructs both Confucian political thought and liberal democratic institutions, blending them to form a new Confucian political philosophy. The book decouples liberal democratic institutions from their popular liberal philosophical foundations in fundamental moral rights, such as popular sovereignty, political equality, and individual sovereignty. Instead, it grounds them on Confucian principles and redefines their roles and functions, thus mixing Confucianism with liberal democratic institutions in a way that strengthens both. The book then explores the implications of this new yet traditional political philosophy for fundamental issues in modern politics, including authority, democracy, human rights, civil liberties, and social justice. The book critically reconfigures the Confucian political philosophy of the classical period for the contemporary era.

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