The commitment in feeling absolutely safe

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dc.contributor.author Kroesbergen, Hermen
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-07T09:17:01Z
dc.date.issued 2018-10
dc.description.abstract The experience of feeling safe even in the midst of trials and temptations seems to be a central feature of the Christian faith. In this article I will try to solve some possible difficulties in understanding this kind of absolute safety by discussing some problems noted by philosophers in connection with the related statements by Socrates that a good man cannot be harmed, and by Wittgenstein that he sometimes feels absolutely safe, that nothing can injure him whatever happens. First, I will investigate whether there is an invalid prediction implied in this feeling of absolute safety: how can someone know that nothing will hurt him or her? Second, I will examine whether this experience of complete safety is dependent upon impossible requirements, such as to be a good man or an impeccable Christian. Third, I will consider the character of the people who claim absolute safety as portrayed by different philosophers: do these people really need to be so cold and inhumanly detached from the world for them to be able to say that nothing can hurt them? I will argue that if, instead of asking how someone can claim absolute safety, we ask to what someone commits him- or her-self in making this claim, these difficulties disappear. en_ZA
dc.description.department Science of Religion and Missiology en_ZA
dc.description.embargo 2019-10-01
dc.description.librarian hj2018 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://link.springer.com/journal/11153 en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Kroesbergen, H. The commitment in feeling absolutely safe. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (2018) 84: 185-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11153-018-9680-3. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0020-7047 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1572-8684 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1007/s11153-018-9680-3
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66118
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Springer en_ZA
dc.rights © Springer Nature B.V. 2018. The original publication is available at http://www.springer.comseries/6102. en_ZA
dc.subject Absolute safety en_ZA
dc.subject Peter Winch en_ZA
dc.subject Socrates en_ZA
dc.subject Ludwig Wittgenstein en_ZA
dc.subject Commitment en_ZA
dc.title The commitment in feeling absolutely safe en_ZA
dc.type Postprint Article en_ZA


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