The Threefold Nature of Desire and Its Implications for Ethics and Theology

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/9/1201" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/9/1201</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel16091201" target="_blank" >10.3390/rel16091201</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Threefold Nature of Desire and Its Implications for Ethics and Theology

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The study distinguishes three principal forms of desire: bodily desires, desires for perfection, and desires entailed in value-responses. By distinguishing between the self-centered, acquisitive desires for perfection and the inherently self-transcending desires entailed in value-responses, the author lays the groundwork for his most original contributions. First, he argues that if the traditional concept of the good as an object of desire is a formal object of the desire for perfection and if cultivating desires entailed in value-responses is as important for one’s perfection as cultivating one’s desires for perfection, then the traditional notion of the good should be supplemented by the category of value as the important-initself. Second, he argues that distinguishing categorically between the desires for perfection and the desires entailed in value-responses opens up the possibility for a philosophical argument for attributing the latter desires to the absolutely perfect being. Here is the core of the argument: if desiring something necessarily means lacking something, then God cannot be both desiring and absolutely perfect; however, if it can be cogently argued that the desires entailed in value-responses are perfections rather than imperfections, then they can be attributed to an absolutely perfect being.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Threefold Nature of Desire and Its Implications for Ethics and Theology

Popis výsledku anglicky

The study distinguishes three principal forms of desire: bodily desires, desires for perfection, and desires entailed in value-responses. By distinguishing between the self-centered, acquisitive desires for perfection and the inherently self-transcending desires entailed in value-responses, the author lays the groundwork for his most original contributions. First, he argues that if the traditional concept of the good as an object of desire is a formal object of the desire for perfection and if cultivating desires entailed in value-responses is as important for one’s perfection as cultivating one’s desires for perfection, then the traditional notion of the good should be supplemented by the category of value as the important-initself. Second, he argues that distinguishing categorically between the desires for perfection and the desires entailed in value-responses opens up the possibility for a philosophical argument for attributing the latter desires to the absolutely perfect being. Here is the core of the argument: if desiring something necessarily means lacking something, then God cannot be both desiring and absolutely perfect; however, if it can be cogently argued that the desires entailed in value-responses are perfections rather than imperfections, then they can be attributed to an absolutely perfect being.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Religions

ISSN

2077-1444

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

2025

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

16

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

1-13

Kód UT WoS článku

001581228300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105017254264