Abstract
There has been a small revival of natural law thinking in Protestant churches and theology since 1990. This article poses the question of what kind of ethics the German American theologian, philosopher and ethicist Paul Tillich espoused. More specifically what kind of natural theory did he hold? The methodological and hermeneutical key of the article is based on reading thoroughly from Tillich’s work, e.g. Morality and Beyond; Love, Power and Justice; Morality and Moralism: Towards a Theonomous ethics; Systematic Theology, etc. and quoting these sources extensively in order to avoid misconceptions. In order to answer the aforementioned question, the author presents the main concepts in Tillich’s writings, such as theonomy, the Protestant principle, and proceeds to demonstrate how they are related to the natural law thinking which Tillich stands for. All this will be applied to one of the most common objections to natural law: the naturalistic fallacy and the way Tillich bypasses it. This article also provides a short survey of secondary literature about Tillich and Natural Law.
Highlights
There has been a small revival of natural law thinking in Protestant churches and theology since 1990
This article poses the question of what kind of ethics the German American theologian, philosopher and ethicist Paul Tillich espoused
Z tohto dôvodu by bolo jednou zo snáh tohto článku aj znovunastole‐ nie otázky, či je Tillichova koncepcia užitočná aj v prebiehajúcej súčasnej etickej diskusií
Summary
Konsenzus ohľadom využitia prirodzeného zákona v protestantskom kontexte v 20. storočí poukazuje na dominantnú rolu, ktorú zohral Karl Barth (1886–1968).[10]. Grabill, Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics, Grand Rapids: William B. Zodpovedá bod po bode Brunnerovmu spisu a argumen‐ tom, s doplnkovou kapitolou „Brunner: vtedy a teraz“, ktorá sa snaží preukázať, že Brunner je na nesprávnej ceste v otázke prirodzenej teoló‐ gie a zákona.[15] Tejto knižnej výmene názorov bolo venované veľa pries‐ toru.[16] Niektorí bádatelia jej význam potvrdzujú Ktorý je možné definovať ako hetero‐ nómny, predstavuje prvok, na ktorý Tillich reaguje a voči ktorému sa vymedzuje.[20] Opakom heteronómnej etiky, teda etiky, ktorá zdroj morál‐ nych prikázaní chápe externe (v Barthovom prípade je to dôraz na Bib‐ liu a špeciálne zjavenie v Kristovi), je autonómna etika Grabill, Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics, s. Aby sme vy‐ svetlili, čo tým pojmom Tillich myslí, tak najprv predstavíme základné pojmy, s ktorými Tillich operuje
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