From virtue ethics to rights ethics: Did the Reformation pave the way for secular ethics?
In chapter four of his book, The unintended Reformation, Brad Gregory argues that ethical thinking since the 1500’s experienced a major shift in emphasis from the teleological concept of a ‘substantive morality of the good’ to liberalism’s ‘formal morality of rights’. He attributes it to the re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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2014-04-01
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| Series: | HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2021 |