Religious Ethics in a Conflicted Word-On Ethical Motivation between Political Theology and Anthropology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3207076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thies Münchow (Europa-Universität Flensburg, corresponding author), Zeina Barakat, Zeina M Barakat (Europa-Universität Flensburg, corresponding author), Ralf Karolus Wüstenberg |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1114 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel15091114 |
| OpenAlex | W4402806982 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The article seeks to define the concepts of religion and ethics as well as their compound. It does so (1) by asking for the supposed demarcation line between religious and secular ethics and (2) by considering the relation of religious ethics and political theology. Based on the respective findings, the article offers a meta-ethical perspective on the subject by challenging the anthropological backdrop of both secular and religious ethics. In conclusion, it proposes a formal approach to ethical judgment that may function as a discerning method when it comes to the assessment of specific models of religious and/or secular ethics. In this regard, the article provides conceptual thoughts on ethical motivation and the operationalization of ethics on an institutional level
Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Religious studies · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |