The ethics of care in the late antique Christian discourse: (trans)historical perspectives on the social, political and philosophical value of care
The paper examines the historical context of ethics of care in early Christian discourse. The historical context of the ethics of care enables us to comprehend the ways in which ethics of care was employed and disseminated as part of political ideology and public discourse, significantly...
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2022-01-01
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| description | The paper examines the historical context of ethics of care in early
Christian discourse. The historical context of the ethics of care enables us
to comprehend the ways in which ethics of care was employed and disseminated
as part of political ideology and public discourse, significantly
influencing the social relations of the rapidly changing Roman world between
the fourth and seventh centuries. The Byzantine Empire is a prime example of
a political entity in which philanthropy was the driving force behind
imperial politics and social relations. Emperor Justinian’s laws, which
proclaimed social justice and protection for those in need, serve as a case
study for an ethics of care. Also, the ethics of care is reconfigured within
the context of Byzantine theology as a theology of care, in which the
primary virtue of a true Christian is his fervent love for the community
(agape). The ethics of care is then examined from the perspective of gender
and the newly established cult of the Theotokos, which degendered the
concept of maternal thinking and maternal care by making it a universal
experience and the new moral code for all Christians. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9004d88d5b3483d9812273c27b264f92023-03-10T08:03:16ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382334-85772022-01-0133491093310.2298/FID2204910O0353-57382204910OThe ethics of care in the late antique Christian discourse: (trans)historical perspectives on the social, political and philosophical value of careOrlov-Vilimonović Larisa0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6936-9461University Belgrade, Faculty of PhilosophyThe paper examines the historical context of ethics of care in early Christian discourse. The historical context of the ethics of care enables us to comprehend the ways in which ethics of care was employed and disseminated as part of political ideology and public discourse, significantly influencing the social relations of the rapidly changing Roman world between the fourth and seventh centuries. The Byzantine Empire is a prime example of a political entity in which philanthropy was the driving force behind imperial politics and social relations. Emperor Justinian’s laws, which proclaimed social justice and protection for those in need, serve as a case study for an ethics of care. Also, the ethics of care is reconfigured within the context of Byzantine theology as a theology of care, in which the primary virtue of a true Christian is his fervent love for the community (agape). The ethics of care is then examined from the perspective of gender and the newly established cult of the Theotokos, which degendered the concept of maternal thinking and maternal care by making it a universal experience and the new moral code for all Christians.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2022/0353-57382204910O.pdfethics of carechristian ethics of careempathybyzantine ethossocial justicetranshistoricitymaximus the confessoremperor justiniannovelstheotokosmaternal thinking |
| spellingShingle | Orlov-Vilimonović Larisa The ethics of care in the late antique Christian discourse: (trans)historical perspectives on the social, political and philosophical value of care Filozofija i Društvo ethics of care christian ethics of care empathy byzantine ethos social justice transhistoricity maximus the confessor emperor justinian novels theotokos maternal thinking |
| title | The ethics of care in the late antique Christian discourse: (trans)historical perspectives on the social, political and philosophical value of care |
| title_full | The ethics of care in the late antique Christian discourse: (trans)historical perspectives on the social, political and philosophical value of care |
| title_fullStr | The ethics of care in the late antique Christian discourse: (trans)historical perspectives on the social, political and philosophical value of care |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ethics of care in the late antique Christian discourse: (trans)historical perspectives on the social, political and philosophical value of care |
| title_short | The ethics of care in the late antique Christian discourse: (trans)historical perspectives on the social, political and philosophical value of care |
| title_sort | ethics of care in the late antique christian discourse trans historical perspectives on the social political and philosophical value of care |
| topic | ethics of care christian ethics of care empathy byzantine ethos social justice transhistoricity maximus the confessor emperor justinian novels theotokos maternal thinking |
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