Review article
https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.50.1(99).3
Moral Philosophy in the Works of Stjepan Zimmermann: Theistic Foundation of Morality
Ivan Macut
orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-8902
; Visovac, Croatia
Abstract
In addition to introductory remarks and concluding remarks, this paper is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter entitled The Moral Meaning of Life, Zimmermann’s search for the meaning of life is explored. Zimmermann’s thinking about life and its meaning is not of a purely speculative nature, but, moreover, springs from his own life’s experiential encounter with the transience of life. However, Zimmermann seeks the answer to this question within the framework of philosophy. In the second chapter of the work entitled Philosophical justification of morality, Zimmermann’s justification of morality is presented in such a way that by questioning man as such and his life, he concludes that morality, if it wants to avoid subjectivism, must have its justification and foundation outside of man, and for Zimmermann that is the foundation is God. In the third chapter of the work, which is entitled Two Ways of Theistic Grounding of Morality, Zimmermann’s presentation of two possible ways of grounding morality in the context of theistic philosophy and worldview is presented: first, from theodicy one moves to ethics, and secondly, from morality one rises to theodicy. The conclusion of the paper is that from this theistic foundation for Zimmermann there are further important consequences for the life of man who can find his ultimate purpose and fullness of happiness exclusively in God.
Keywords
Stjepan Zimmermann; ethics; morality; philosophy; God; faith; Christianity
Hrčak ID:
318158
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Publication date:
18.6.2024.
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