Cart
Free US shipping over $10
Proud to be B-Corp

Longing for the Good Life: Virtue Ethics after Protestantism Associate Professor Pieter Vos (Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands)

Longing for the Good Life: Virtue Ethics after Protestantism By Associate Professor Pieter Vos (Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands)

Longing for the Good Life: Virtue Ethics after Protestantism by Associate Professor Pieter Vos (Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands)


$41.19
Condition - New
Only 2 left

Longing for the Good Life: Virtue Ethics after Protestantism Summary

Longing for the Good Life: Virtue Ethics after Protestantism by Associate Professor Pieter Vos (Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands)

This book argues that Protestant theological ethics not only reveals basic virtue ethical characteristics, but also contributes significantly to a viable contemporary virtue ethics. Pieter Vos demonstrates that post-Reformation theological ethics still understands the good in terms of the good life, takes virtues as necessary for living the good life and considers human nature as a source of moral knowledge. Vos approaches Protestant theology as an important bridge between pre-modern virtue ethics, shaped by Aristotle and transformed by Augustine of Hippo, and late modern understandings of morality. The volume covers a range of topics, going from eudaimonism and Calvinist ethics to Reformed scholastic virtue ethics and character formation in the work of Soren Kierkegaard. The author shows how Protestantism has articulated other-centered virtues from a theology of grace, affirmed ordinary life and emphasized the need of transformation of this life and its orders. Engaging with philosophy of the art of living, Neo-Aristotelianism and exemplarist ethics, he develops constructive contributions to a contemporary virtue ethics.

Longing for the Good Life: Virtue Ethics after Protestantism Reviews

The book serves as an important addition to the study of virtue and deserves to be read and reflected on by those of us who are interested in Christian virtue theory. * Studies in Christian Ethics *

About Associate Professor Pieter Vos (Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands)

Pieter Vos is Professor of Military Chaplaincy Studies and Associate Professor of Ethics at the Protestant Theological University, the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Sources of the Good Life 2. Challenging Eudaimonism 3. Calvinism and the Breakdown of Teleology 4. Retrieving Reformed Scholastic Virtue Ethics 5. Character Formation as Kierkegaardian Edification 6. Putting on Christ 7. The Frailty of Human Virtue 8. The Sanctification of Ordinary Life Bibliography Index

Additional information

NLS9780567696830
9780567696830
0567696839
Longing for the Good Life: Virtue Ethics after Protestantism by Associate Professor Pieter Vos (Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands)
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2022-05-19
224
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Longing for the Good Life: Virtue Ethics after Protestantism