Supporting intimates on faith

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• 作者：George Tsai
• 关键词：Faith ; Support ; Autonomy ; Solidarity ; Modally demanding value ; Intimate relationship
• 刊名：International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：81
• 期：1-2
• 页码：99-112
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• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Philosophy of Religion; Religious Studies, general; Non-Western Philosophy;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-8684
• 卷排序：81

文摘

What is the role of faith in the familiar practice of supporting intimates in their personal projects? Is there anything distinctly valuable about such faith-based support? I argue that the virtue of being supportive, a characteristic of the good friend or lover, involves a distinctive kind of faith: faith in another persons’ chosen self-expressive pursuit(s). Support based on such faith enables the supported party to enjoy a more meaningful and autonomous exercise of agency in self-expressive arenas, and engenders a sense of relational unity or solidarity, deepening the normative and emotional bonds of the relationship.