Joseph: A different ethics is possible
Antonio Autiero
Faculty of Theology of the University of Muenster, Germanyhttps://orcid.org/0009-0007-1117-2683
Abstract
The matter of this paper is the ethics of masculinity in the contemporary world from the perspective of the figure of St. Joseph. As a “just man” St. Jospeh has been understood in the writings of St. Alphon M. Liguori as a man who posseses all the virtues. Starting from this assertion the autor developes the ethics of masculinity. In the first point is the speach about the masculine form of justice. The next point concerns somes problem with the masculinity in the contemporary world. At the end of this article the author speaks about concrete proposes for the masculinity of our days on the base of the figure of St. Joseph. The paper presents possibility of morality, that abandons the paradigm of control and dominion and embraces the style of sharing and of caring.
Keywords:
St. Joseph, ethics, masculinity, just manReferences
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