ARE FREEDOM AND EQUALITY NATURAL ENEMIES? A CHRISTIAN-THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

被引:2
作者
Vorster, Nico [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwest Univ, Potchefstroom, South Africa
来源
HEYTHROP JOURNAL-A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 2010年 / 51卷 / 04期
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10.1111/j.1468-2265.2010.00576.x
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B [哲学、宗教];
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01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
It is often difficult to balance the conflicting interests of freedom and equality in the public domain. This article attempts to provide a Christian perspective on freedom and equality that might help to reconcile some of the conflicts between freedom and equality that are likely to arise. The first section discusses the significance of religious ethics for social justice, the second section attempts to provide a conceptual framework for freedom and equality from a theological perspective. The third section offers a societal framework within which conflicts between freedom and equality can be resolved. The conclusion arrived at is that freedom and equality are compatible values as long as they are used in a conceptually correct manner which upholds the inherent principles governing societal processes.
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