Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Reformed Theology
Abstract
Many scholars have argued and assumed that Protestantism broke away from virtue ethics. However, recent scholarship has revealed that it is not necessarily the case. This article’s aim is to go a step further than that. It will explore the subject even more fully by digging deeper into a specific element of virtue ethics in Calvin, namely, his thought on habit formation. I argue that Calvin’s distinctive habit formation plays a significant role in his ethics. In my analysis, although Calvin appreciates the limit of habit’s power, he emphasizes the significance of divinely initiated and guided habit formation.
First Page
27
Last Page
49
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1163/15697312-bja10062
Publication Date
6-12-2024
Recommended Citation
Ha, Sam Neulsaem, "Perpetuum studium et exercitationem mortificandae carnis" (2024). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 624.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/624