Moral and Epistemic Virtues: A Thomistic and Analytical Perspective

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Roger Pouivet
Keyword(s):  
Virtue Epistemology ◽  
Saint Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Ethics Of Belief ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Epistemic Virtues ◽  
Analytical Perspective ◽  
The Ethics Of Belief

The article elaborates on the concept of ethics, noting the contrasting definitions of morality virtue-based and rule-based ethics. It highlights the related distinction between virtue epistemology and rule epistemology, stating that the main difference lies in the appreciation of the ethics of belief by either discipline. It also discusses the claim by philosopher Linda Zagzebski that epistemology is a branch of ethics, focusing on the contrary arguments including the perspectives of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Reasoning and Lapses in James’ The Will to Believe

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 387-399
Author(s):  
Jonathan Adler
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Of Belief ◽  
Insufficient Evidence ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Ethics Of Belief

James’ The Will to Believe is the most influential writing in the ethics of belief. In it, James defends the right and rationality to believe on non-evidential grounds. James’ argument is directed against Clifford’s “Evidentialism” presented in The Ethics of Belief in which Clifford concludes that “[i]t is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence”. After an overview of the James-Clifford exchange and James’ argument, I reconstruct his argument in detail. Subsequently, I examine four steps in James’ argument, and try to show that these amount to fallacies – enticing to reason, but not cogent.

Saint Thomas Aquinas Exegete of the Hexaemeron: Bible and Philosophy

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1207-1234
Author(s):  
Serge-Thomas Bonino
Keyword(s):  
Saint Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Thomas Aquinas

ON THE ETHICS OF BELIEF

Ratio ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Nicholas Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Of Belief ◽  
The Ethics Of Belief

scholarly journals "Heart-Rending Ambivalence": Jacques Maritain and the Complexity of Postwar Catholic Philosemitism

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Francis Crane
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Saint Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Jewish Question ◽  
Paul Claudel ◽  
Jacques Maritain ◽  
The Core ◽  
Anti Jewish ◽  
Francois Mauriac

Philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) embraced a quest for sanctity at the core of his vocation as a French Catholic intellectual. Known as an exponent of the teachings of Saint Thomas Aquinas, he also devoted considerable energies to the promotion of democracy and human rights, as well as the combat against antisemitism. Maritain has been lauded for his sometimes courageous attempts to eradicate anti-Jewish prejudice from the Christian conscience, though some prevailing interpretations oversimplify this thinker's motivations and ideas. Keeping in mind the historically-contingent and often ambivalent nature of philosemitism, this article analyzes Maritain's postwar writings on the Jewish Question and his interactions with Popes Pius XII and Paul VI, Anglican theologian James Parkes, Jewish historians Leon Poliakov and Jules Isaac, and fellow Catholic writers Paul Claudel and Francois Mauriac.

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