Ist Nächstenliebe möglich? Versuch einer philosophisch-theologischen Positionsbestimmung

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  • Christof Breitsameter Ruhr-Universität Bochum Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/thr.151

Keywords:

love of neighbour, altruism and charity

Abstract

The attempt of a modern interpretation of the concept of charity which is pivotal to Jewish-Christian ethics as well as the occidental culture can hardly succeed without a dialogue with those disciplines studying the secular version of it, namely altruism. The different approaches all converge in the question: Why do humans act altruistically? The present article tries to gather the most important answers and to portray the controversial debate on the explanation and evaluation of altruistic behavior in a way that underlines the interdisciplinary connectivity of an essential concept in theology.

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2013-11-01

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Vol. 1 (2013)

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