Elizabeth Sweeny Block
Biographic Data
| ID | 3892121 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Sweeny Block |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth Sweeny |
| FAMILY NAME | Block |
| SIGNATURE | BLOCK E S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Louis University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Christian Moral Freedom and the Transgender Person
A false sense of freedom is often blamed for gender nonconformity. Transgender and genderqueer persons are accused of manipulating their bodies according to their will and due to a mistaken sense of freedom. This paper challenges this assumption and suggests that it is cisgender persons who ought to adopt a posture of genuine Christian moral freedom, which requires taking risks, seeing that new possibilities of life exist, and recognizing truth i…
Moral Intuition, Social Sin, and Moral Vision
This paper argues that the unconscious dimensions of the moral life-for example, moral vision, moral imagination, and distorted consciousness-are some of the most urgent provinces of moral theology today. Historically, moral theology was concerned with moral quandaries and observable actions, and moral agents were understood to be rational, deliberate, self-aware decision makers. Cultures of sin, such as racism and sexual violence, require that m…
Family Ethics
Moral Intuition, Social Sin, and Moral Vision
This paper argues that the unconscious dimensions of the moral life-for example, moral vision, moral imagination, and distorted consciousness-are some of the most urgent provinces of moral theology today. Historically, moral theology was concerned with moral quandaries and observable actions, and moral agents were understood to be rational, deliberate, self-aware decision makers. Cultures of sin, such as racism and sexual violence, require that m…
Family Ethics
Christian Moral Freedom and the Transgender Person
A false sense of freedom is often blamed for gender nonconformity. Transgender and genderqueer persons are accused of manipulating their bodies according to their will and due to a mistaken sense of freedom. This paper challenges this assumption and suggests that it is cisgender persons who ought to adopt a posture of genuine Christian moral freedom, which requires taking risks, seeing that new possibilities of life exist, and recognizing truth i…
Moral Intuition, Social Sin, and Moral Vision
This paper argues that the unconscious dimensions of the moral life-for example, moral vision, moral imagination, and distorted consciousness-are some of the most urgent provinces of moral theology today. Historically, moral theology was concerned with moral quandaries and observable actions, and moral agents were understood to be rational, deliberate, self-aware decision makers. Cultures of sin, such as racism and sexual violence, require that m…
Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Autonomy (1 work) · Blame (1 work) · Citation (1 work) · Combinatorics (1 work)