The Nature of True Virtue
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The Nature of True Virtue is a theological and philosophical treatise by Jonathan Edwards that explores the essence of genuine moral goodness as rooted in disinterested love to God and creation.
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book
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philosophical treatise → theological treatise → |
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genuine moral goodness is rooted in disinterested love to God
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self-love alone cannot be the foundation of true virtue → true virtue consists in benevolence to Being in general → |
| author |
Jonathan Edwards
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| centuryWritten |
18th century
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| claims |
created beings are to be loved in proportion to their relation to God
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love to God is the foundation of all true virtue → |
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natural virtue
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selfish morality → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Colonial America
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| defines |
true virtue as consent to Being in general
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| discusses |
private or particular affections
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public or general benevolence → self-love → |
| distinguishes |
true virtue from merely natural affections
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| emphasizes |
God’s glory as the ultimate end of virtue
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disinterested benevolence → the difference between common morality and saving grace → |
| focusesOn |
disinterested love to God
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love to creation → true virtue → |
| genre |
Christian devotional philosophy
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religious ethics → |
| hasPerspective |
theocentric ethics
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| hasReception |
considered a classic of American theological literature
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studied in courses on Jonathan Edwards and Reformed theology → |
| influenced |
American theology
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Reformed ethics → later discussions of virtue ethics in Christian thought → |
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Christian Scripture
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Reformed scholasticism → |
| language |
English
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| mainTopic |
Christian theology
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ethics → moral philosophy → |
| philosophicalTradition |
Christian moral philosophy
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| positionOnMorality |
morality without reference to God is incomplete
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| positionOnVirtue |
virtue is ultimately grounded in God’s being
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| relatedWork |
The End for Which God Created the World
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| religiousPerspective |
Calvinism
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| theologicalTradition |
Reformed theology
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Jonathan Edwards
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