Daniel J. Fleming leads ethics and formation for St Vincent's Health Australia, the country's largest Catholic healthcare provider. He is also a senior lecturer in theology and ethics and Honorary Research Associate with the Sydney College of Divinity.
"In a clearly written and carefully developed dialogue, Daniel
Fleming probes the relationship between Emmanuel Levinas, Jean
Porter, and the virtue of Solidarity. This significant study offers
a richer account of the person as relational and of 'flourishing'
in virtue ethics. We are indebted to Fleming for refining our
attentiveness to the vulnerability of, and our solidarity with, the
Other as factors integral to moral judgment and virtuous
actions."
Thomas Ryan, SM, is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Catholic
University.
"Attentiveness to Vulnerability makes a valuable and distinctive
contribution to moral philosophy and theology by drawing together
the natural law theory of Jean Porter, the thought of Emmanuel
Levinas, and Catholic social teaching on the virtue of solidarity.
By exploring these links, Fleming deepens our awareness of the ways
solidarity springs from attentiveness to vulnerability, especially
through his proposal to re-conceive the 'preferential option for
the poor' as a 'preferential option for the vulnerable.'"
--Robert Gascoigne, Emeritus Professor, School of Theology,
Australian Catholic University
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