Erudite and lucid, jennifer herdts comprehensive study of theological and secular virtue is exceptionally engaging in terms of its content its analysis of mim we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Jennifer herdt, who was recently named the gilbert l. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The first is to champion the virtue tradition against christian moral quietism and modern deontolo gical ethics. Foster abstract herdts putting on virtue has two chief aims. Jennifer herdt turns her attention to the moral life as a whole in putting on virtue. Virtue ethics, natural law, eudaimonism, early modern and modern moral thought. Putting on virtue reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. Patching up virtue overcoming the emersonianaugustinian divide in jennifer herdt s putting on virtue james j. Todays conversations in virtue ethics are enflamed with questions of pagan virtues, which often designate nonchristian virtue from a christian perspective.
Ethical formation f rom medieval to early modern, journal of. Herdt, 9780226327198, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Best books on ethics and moral philosophy recommended by eminent philosophers. Everything from aristotles ethics to the ethics of ai covered. The probing readings of putting on virtue offered by sheryl overmyer, darlene weaver, and james foster provide a welcome opportunity. The professor of history outlines how our understanding of deceit has changed. Religion and faction in humes moral philosophy university of cambridge press and putting on virtue. The legacy of the splendid vices university of chicago press. All of this was sparked for me by reading a book by yale theological ethicist jennifer herdt.
The best books on deceit five books expert recommendations. Foster abstract herdt s putting on virtue has two chief aims. Putting on virtue1st edition the legacy of the splendid vices by jennifer a. If you think about it, a transition from virtue being demonstrated in military valor to a context in which the nobles are hanging around the court, being a great fighter isnt really the way to make progress in that context. Danto and gadamer on the crisis of antiaestheticism, journal of aesthetic education, 45. The legacy of the splendid vices, jennifer herdt explores, among other things, the anxiety about hypocritical virtue in early modern ethical thought. Jennifer a herdt augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan rome were nothing more than splendid vices. Jennifer herdts putting on virtue argues for the theological and normative superiority of noncompetitive accounts of divine and human agency. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. This critique reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true christian virtue has, ever since, been set against a false, hypocritical virtue alleged merely to conceal pride.
Redeeming the german bildung tradition forthcoming 2019 and putting on virtue. While mathewes and gregory see augustine as a resource for public ethics, herdt begins with augustines suspicion of pagan virtue and develops a chastened account of christian distinctiveness, grounded in the experiences of community, liturgy and. He also describes the personal and biographical motivations that have shaped his intellectual orientation, one he describes as emersonian perfectionism, including the impact that such writers as emerson and thoreau had upon his early thought. Jennifer herdt is stark professor of christian ethics at yale university divinity school. Pagan virtues, pagan vices, and their historied interpretations are the subject of jennifer herdts book putting on virtue. Jennifer herdt is appointed the stark professor of christian. The legacy of the splendid vices, chicago university press. Christian theological ethics, social ethics, political theology.
May 04, 2009 jennifer herdt turns her attention to the moral life as a whole in putting on virtue. Jun 10, 2011 jennifer herdt, who was recently named the gilbert l. Jennifer herdt, professor of christian ethics at yale divinity school. Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan rome were nothing m.
Herdt, ja herdt hardcover, 472 pages, published 2008 by university of chicago press. Overcoming the emersonianaugustinian divide in jennifer herdts putting on virtue, journal of religious ethics 41. She has published widely on virtue, natural law, agency, and ethical formation. Stark professor of christian ethics at yale university divinity school. Putting on virtue reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern christian moral reflection and secular forms of. Edward skidelsky chooses his best books on virtue and adam haslett his on evil. This critique has reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true christian. Feb 12, 2010 putting on virtue reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. Dec 15, 2008 putting on virtue reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. The legacy of the splendid vices herdt, jennifer a.
This phrase, often used by individuals who have accomplished things they consider impressive, has two purposes. Putting on virtue 1st edition the legacy of the splendid vices by jennifer a. The topic of herdts book is whether a person can pretend to be virtuous in order to become virtuous, whether we can pretend to be acting from virtuous motives in order to one day truly act from virtuous motives. One context that i look at in putting on virtue in particular is the court. Herdt, ja herdt hardcover, 472 pages, published 2008 by university of chicago press isbn.
The second is to facilitate reconciliation between. The legacy of the splendid vices reprint by herdt, jennifer a. The legacy of the splendid vices in disarmingly conversational prose, deyoung deftly unravels the twisting paths traced by the desire for glory as it roots itself ever more deeply in our characters. Jennifer herdt s putting on virtue argues for the theological and normative superiority of noncompetitive accounts of divine and human agency. Jennifer a herdt putting on virtue reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. Stark professor of christian ethics, specializes in the history of moral thought since the 17th century, classical and contemporary virtue ethics, and contemporary protestant social ethics and political theology. Stark professor of christian ethics at yale divinity school. In this wideranging interview, jeffrey stout reflects upon some of the themes of his 2004 book democracy and tradition. Erudite and lucid, jennifer herdt s comprehensive study of theological and secular virtue is exceptionally engaging in terms of its content its analysis of mim we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Herdt augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan rome were nothing more than splendid vices. She is the author of religion and faction in humes moral philosophy and putting on virtue.
The anatomy of the good the imaginative conservative. The best books on deceit recommended by dallas denery. Let me say first that it is itself a truly splendid book and well worth careful attention. Stark professor of christian ethics and senior associate dean for academic affairs at the yale university divinity school. This critique reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true christian virtue has. Understanding habituation requires grasping not only how we move from semblance of virtue to actual virtue by coming to act for the right reasons but also what constitute right reasons for acting. Her previous books include putting on virtue, also published by the university of chicago press. Jennifer herdt develops her claims through an argument of broad historical sweep, which brings together the aristotelian tradition as taken up by thomas aquinas with the early modern thinkers who shaped modern liberalism. Redeeming the german bildung tradition, was supported by a research fellowship from the. The legacy of the splendid vices selected as a choice outstanding academic tit. Patching up virtue overcoming the emersonianaugustinian divide in jennifer herdts putting on virtue james j.
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