The Ethics of Discernment: Lonergan's Foundations for Ethics

Patrick H. Byrne

Published by University of Toronto Press 2016

The Ethics of Discernment

Lonergan's Foundations for Ethics

Patrick H. Byrne

In the series Lonergan Studies

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442630734

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About this book

In The Ethics of Discernment, Patrick H. Byrne presents an approach to ethics that builds upon the cognitional theory and the philosophical method of self-appropriation that Bernard Lonergan introduced in his book Insight, as well as upon Lonergan’s later writing on ethics and values.

Author / Editor information

Byrne Patrick H. :

Patrick H. Byrne is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and director of the Lonergan Institute at Boston College.

Reviews

Ivo Coelho:
“Patrick Byrne’s elaborate and complex book is the fruit of a lifetime of reflection and teaching, and a significant and singular contribution to the field of Lonergan studies.”

Kenneth R. Melchin, Saint Paul University:

"This is a remarkable book. Patrick Byrne’s goal is modest: to answer some difficult questions about ethics left unanswered in the writings of Canadian Jesuit philosopher, Bernard Lonergan. But, as the chapters unfold, the attentive reader finds striking analyses that address major challenges arising in ethics today: subjectivity and objectivity, reason and religion, rationality and affectivity."

Paulette W. Kidder, Seattle University:

"Byrne is a clear and engaging writer and a lifelong teacher who respects the needs of the reader for illustrative examples that bring to life the theoretical ideas explored in his book. Especially compelling are the illustrations of moral decisions drawn from his own life and the extended examples drawn from the work of novelists. The book as a whole seems aimed at scholars and graduate students, but because of its wide range of concerns and topics and its inclusion of extended examples much of it is accessible and should prove of great value to the educated public and the advanced undergraduates."

Mark T. Miller, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco:

“Written in a very clear, conversational style, The Ethics of Discernment will be the definitive text on Lonergan’s ethics. Byrne not only summarizes Lonergan’s work in this area but builds on it masterfully.”

John J. Liptay, Department of Philosophy, St Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan:

“The Ethics of Discernment makes a compelling case for why the foundations of ethics should be based on a philosophy of self-appropriation.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I: PRELIMINARIES
1 Discernment and Self-Appropriation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2 Objectivity and Factual Knowing: Lonergan’s Three Questions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3 Self-Appropriation, Part I: Self-Affirmation of Cognitional Structure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
PART II: WHAT ARE WE DOING WHEN WE ARE BEING ETHICAL?
4 The Structure of Ethical Intentionality: Three More Questions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
5 Kinds of Feelings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
6 Feelings as Intentional Responses and Horizons of Feelings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
7 Feelings and Value Reflection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
PART III: WHY IS DOING THAT BEING ETHICAL?
8 Horizons of Feelings, Conversion, and Objectivity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
9 Judgments of Comparative Value and the Scale of Value Preference Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
10 Self-Appropriation Part II: Why Is Doing That Being Ethical? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
PART IV: WHAT IS BROUGHT ABOUT BY DOING THAT?
11 The Human Good Described Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
12 The Human Good: Explanatory Foundations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
13 The Notion and the Ontology of the Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	358
14 Explanatory Genera and the Objective Scale of Values: A Preliminary Grounding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
PART V: METHOD IN ETHICS
15 Method in Ethics I: Preliminaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
16 Method in Ethics II: Dialectic and Foundations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	432
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 528
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 6
- Other: 6 b&w illustrations

eBook

Published: February 4, 2016
ISBN: 9781442630734