BEING AND GOODNESS

The old scholastic principle of the "convertibility" of being and goodness strikes nearly all moderns as either barely comprehensible or plain false. To the contemporary philosophical mind, such bafflement is understandable. It derives from the systematic dismantling of the great scholasti...

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Published in:American philosophical quarterly (Oxford) 2014-10, Vol.51 (4), p.345-356
Main Author: Oderberg, David S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstract objects
American philosophy
Appetite
Children
Conceptualization
Convertibility
Existence
Good & evil
Half lives
Mind
Perfection
Philosophical thought
Philosophy
Principles
Radioactive decay
Salts
Social philosophy
Social theory
Space
Terminology
Triangles
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Summary:The old scholastic principle of the "convertibility" of being and goodness strikes nearly all moderns as either barely comprehensible or plain false. To the contemporary philosophical mind, such bafflement is understandable. It derives from the systematic dismantling of the great scholastic edifice that took place over half a millennium. With the loss of the basic concepts out of which that edifice was built, the space created by those concepts faded out of existence as well. The convertibility principle, like virtually all the other scholastic principles, could not persist in a post-scholastic space wholly alien to it. Nevertheless, the convertibility principle can be defended. Here, Oderberg outlines how that defense should proceed.
ISSN:0003-0481
2152-1123