Bradley Shingleton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4140855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bradley Shingleton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bradley |
| FAMILY NAME | Shingleton |
| SIGNATURE | SHINGLETON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent Scholar, Bethesda, MD, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8316-6035 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reinhold Niebuhr and the Epistemics of Tolerance
This article examines Reinhold Niebuhr’s understanding of tolerance as a response, in significant part, to the epistemic distortions that inhibit the self’s comprehension of truth. His concept of tolerance emphasizes its subjective dimension, and involves a recognition of tendencies of the self to favor its own preferences and perspectives. While he proposes a provocative basis for tolerance that deserves renewed attention, he does not address so…
Intrapersonal Compromise and Ethical Deliberation
Compromise is usually associated with concerns about expedience and feelings of regret. It is seen as requiring the surrender of principle in order to avoid a worse outcome. This article proposes an alternative concept of compromise, one that complements without wholly replacing traditional notions of it. It focuses on the intrapersonal aspect of compromise, and envisions it as concerned with maintaining a sense of coherence in how one sees onese…
Toward a Niebuhrian Ethics of Democracy
This article proposes certain elements of an ethics of democracy based on the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr. It contends that Niebuhr's concept of democracy must be interpreted in light of his anthropology, and argues that his anthropology provides a broader and more suggestive basis for a contemporary democratic ethics than do his mid-century writings on democracy. The article identifies certain values as foundational for duties of a democratic e…
Ethical Dissonance, Ethical Disjuncture, and the Autonomous Spheres
The contemporary ethical landscape appears to many to be marked by a plurality of normative regions. The values and standards of one region may contrast and conflict with those of other regions, creating a sense of dissonance and discontinuity for the individual agent. This article explores how the phenomenon of such dissonance might be conceptualized. It considers the attempts of two thinkers who, following on Weber's notion of autonomous sphere…
Motifs in Modern German Protestant Theologies of Law
This article provides an overview of a distinct tradition of theological reflection on positive law constituted by contemporary German Protestantism. Participants in that tradition have attempted to give an adequate account of law that avoids the perceived shortcomings of positivism and natural law theory. The article first gives a brief description of the historical context of post-war theologies of law in German Protestantism. The necessity of …
Recognition and Mutuality
Wolfhart Pannenberg is considered by many to be one of the preeminent living Protestant theologians. Now retired, Pannenberg's active career spanned almost five decades. From 1968 to 1994 he was Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Munich; previously he taught in Mainz and Wuppertal in Germany. Pannenberg has published prolifically, culminating with his three-volume Systematic Theology . Even in retirement, Pannenberg has continu…
A Common Word
“A Common Word” neither proposes concrete steps nor suggests a method or procedure for advancing its program. An ethically-focused dialogue would furnish a platform for engaging contemporary concerns about religion's role in international affairs. One example is the Global Ethic project of Catholic theologian Hans Küng. The Global Ethic posits that there are common ethical norms embedded in every historical religious tradition, such as the respec…
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A Common Word
“A Common Word” neither proposes concrete steps nor suggests a method or procedure for advancing its program. An ethically-focused dialogue would furnish a platform for engaging contemporary concerns about religion's role in international affairs. One example is the Global Ethic project of Catholic theologian Hans Küng. The Global Ethic posits that there are common ethical norms embedded in every historical religious tradition, such as the respec…
Motifs in Modern German Protestant Theologies of Law
This article provides an overview of a distinct tradition of theological reflection on positive law constituted by contemporary German Protestantism. Participants in that tradition have attempted to give an adequate account of law that avoids the perceived shortcomings of positivism and natural law theory. The article first gives a brief description of the historical context of post-war theologies of law in German Protestantism. The necessity of …
Recognition and Mutuality
Wolfhart Pannenberg is considered by many to be one of the preeminent living Protestant theologians. Now retired, Pannenberg's active career spanned almost five decades. From 1968 to 1994 he was Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Munich; previously he taught in Mainz and Wuppertal in Germany. Pannenberg has published prolifically, culminating with his three-volume Systematic Theology . Even in retirement, Pannenberg has continu…
Ethical Dissonance, Ethical Disjuncture, and the Autonomous Spheres
The contemporary ethical landscape appears to many to be marked by a plurality of normative regions. The values and standards of one region may contrast and conflict with those of other regions, creating a sense of dissonance and discontinuity for the individual agent. This article explores how the phenomenon of such dissonance might be conceptualized. It considers the attempts of two thinkers who, following on Weber's notion of autonomous sphere…
Intrapersonal Compromise and Ethical Deliberation
Compromise is usually associated with concerns about expedience and feelings of regret. It is seen as requiring the surrender of principle in order to avoid a worse outcome. This article proposes an alternative concept of compromise, one that complements without wholly replacing traditional notions of it. It focuses on the intrapersonal aspect of compromise, and envisions it as concerned with maintaining a sense of coherence in how one sees onese…
Toward a Niebuhrian Ethics of Democracy
This article proposes certain elements of an ethics of democracy based on the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr. It contends that Niebuhr's concept of democracy must be interpreted in light of his anthropology, and argues that his anthropology provides a broader and more suggestive basis for a contemporary democratic ethics than do his mid-century writings on democracy. The article identifies certain values as foundational for duties of a democratic e…
Reinhold Niebuhr and the Epistemics of Tolerance
This article examines Reinhold Niebuhr’s understanding of tolerance as a response, in significant part, to the epistemic distortions that inhibit the self’s comprehension of truth. His concept of tolerance emphasizes its subjective dimension, and involves a recognition of tendencies of the self to favor its own preferences and perspectives. While he proposes a provocative basis for tolerance that deserves renewed attention, he does not address so…
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