A Stronghold of Ethical Existence of the Serbs and Confronting Immoral Phenomena in Modern Sport

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Jovo Rados
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Moral Understanding ◽  
Entire Field ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
Ultimate Foundation

Summary The entire field of ethics (as a discipline of philosophy) is loaded with various issues, different approaches, schools and opinions (as the very field of philosophy, after all). Unlike ethics in general, theological ethics keeps a serious distance from most of those issues. Its starting belief is that whole moral and moral norms rest on God’s revelation, which eliminates any relativity in moral understanding. In other words, God is considered as an ultimate foundation of ethics because man in his essence is far from any perfection. Interaction between the meaning of human and ethical existence (which is based on faith in the Holy Trinity) is discussed in the paper in order to reveal a true origin of ethical existence of the Serbs. In addition, those universal ethical principles are confronted (in the field of sport in particular) with various deviant phenomena in society and sport (phenomenology of immorality in sport).

Karl Barth's Moral Thought

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald McKenny
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Moral Good ◽  
Moral Thought ◽  
Form Of Life ◽  
God's Grace ◽  
The Right

Does theological ethics articulate moral norms with the assistance of moral philosophy? Or does it leave that task to moral philosophy alone while it describes a distinctively Christian way of acting or form of life? These questions lie at the heart of theological ethics as a discipline. Karl Barth’s theological ethics makes a strong case for the first alternative. This book follows Barth’s efforts to present God’s grace as a moral norm in his treatments of divine commands, moral reasoning, responsibility, and agency. It shows how Barth’s conviction that grace is the norm of human action generates problems for his ethics at nearly every turn, as it involves a moral good that confronts human beings from outside rather than perfecting them as the kind of creature they are. Yet it defends Barth’s insistence on the right of theology to articulate moral norms, and it shows how Barth may lead theological ethics to exercise that right in a more compelling way than he did.

scholarly journals Eptonyms in German: An Attempt of Typological Distinction (on the Example of Maxims and Aphorisms)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1359-1370
Author(s):  
Nataliia Onishchenko ◽  
Tetiana Smoliana ◽  
Maryna Miroshnychenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Experience ◽  
Formal Logic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
National Language ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Step Algorithm

The present paper provides an outline of the German eptonym, as a quotation-like utterance that can be traced back to the name of its real or alleged author, a precedential text / a part of a precedential text connected with the concept AUTHOR. The eptonyms are examined from the point of view of the specifics of the AUTHOR's position regarding the topic of the utterance determining the type of eptonym. The four-step algorithm shown in the paper involves modelling the degree of the author's personality prominence in the eptonym. Two polar points – maximal social experience and maximal individualised author-based approach – are represented in the eptonymicon by maxims and aphorisms respectively. It is stated that the maxim objectifies the moral norms of a certain national language collective. It is rational, contains an immanent moral component, has a directive character, explicates the rules of behaviour, ethical principles, objective laws, norms. The aphorism is paradoxical, reflecting the depth and originality of individual author's multi-vector thought, formal symmetric, dialogic, breaking the rules of formal logic. The provided method can be used with the purpose of distinguishing and defining other types of German eptonyms.

scholarly journals Imagining Others

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-49
Author(s):  
Heidi L. Maibom
Keyword(s):  
Moral Motivation ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Moral Understanding ◽  
Moral Functioning

It is often argued that the ability to imagine what others think and feel is central to moral functioning. In this paper, I consider to what extent this is true. I argue that neither the ability to think of others as having representational mental states, nor the ability to imagine being in their position, is necessary for moral understanding or moral motivation. I go on to argue that the area in which thinking about others’ thoughts and feelings appears to play the largest role is that of supererogatory actions. Being able to get on well with others seems to be importantly predicated on our ability to think about their thoughts and feelings and being able to take up their perspective. However, when it comes to grosser moral norms and restrictions, such as harm norms, there is little reason to think that thinking about others’ thoughts and feelings plays a central role in understanding such norms or being motivated by them.

scholarly journals Implications of Paul Tillich's Ethics in Personal and Business Ethics

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-48
Author(s):  
Neda Rogošić ◽  
Ivan Koprek
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Moral Motivation ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Moral Imperative ◽  
Social Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Elements

Tillich’s reflections on ethics and morality included reflections on their connection with religion. His conclusion is that morality is the essence of religion, and that theological ethics should be present in every part of systematic theology. In this respect, Tillich accentuates the religious dimension of the moral imperative, the religious sources of moral demands, and the religious elements in moral motivation. It can be observed that the application of ethical principles as laid out by Tillich creates a solid network within the social community, and any deviation from the set constellation represents a weakening of that network. We wanted to prove this with our empirical research.

Digital Transformation and Ethics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. Kirchschlaeger
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Social Ethics ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Ethical Approaches ◽  
The University

This book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of technologies, the book introduces ethical principles serving the evaluation of the digital transformation and the use of artificial intelligence. Subsequently, the digital transformation and its chances and challenges are analyzed from an ethical standpoint. Finally, ethical approaches addressing the challenges are developed. One of the research-focuses of Peter G Kirchschlaeger (Full Professor of Theological Ethics and Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the Department of Theology of the University of Lucerne; prior Visiting Fellow at Yale University) lies on ethics of digitalization, robotization, automatization, and artificial intelligence.

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