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Vol. XXXVIII / 1 - Studia Moralia

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278 KARL-WILHELM MERKS<br />

Summary / Resumen<br />

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In this article the author replies to an essay by Brian V. Johnstone<br />

“Can Tradition be a Source of Moral Truth? A Reply to Karl-Wilhelm<br />

Merks” (StMor 37 (1999) 431-451). The author does not deny that<br />

tradition has a place in the gaining of moral knowledge. However, he<br />

argues that a critical view of it, and thus a relativizing of tradition, is<br />

the best way to defend it. An important distinction is made between a<br />

source of moral truth and the criterion of truth. He maintains and<br />

develops his original thesis that the criterion of moral truth is not<br />

tradition, but the subject, as the bearer of conscience and personal<br />

responsibility.<br />

El autor responde en este artículo a otro de Brian V. Johnstone<br />

“Can Tradition be a Source of Moral Truth? A Reply to Karl-Wilhelm<br />

Merks” (StMor 37 (1999) 431-451). El autor no niega que la tradición<br />

ocupe un puesto en la fase del conocimiento moral. Sin embargo,<br />

argumenta que un punto de vista crítico sobre el tema, aun<br />

relativizando la tradición, es la mejor manera de defenderla. Es<br />

importante la distinción que hace entre fuente de verdad moral y<br />

criterio de verdad. Merks sostiene y desarrolla su tesis original de que el<br />

criterio de verdad moral no es la tradición, sino el individuo poseedor<br />

de conciencia y responsabilidad personal.<br />

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The author is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the<br />

Tilburg Faculty of Theology.<br />

El autor es profesor titular de teología moral en la Facultad<br />

Teológica de Tilburg.<br />

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