Interpreting the Divine Mandates in a Bonhoeffer Moment

Mauldin, Joshua

doi:10.1080/1462317x.2019.1588493

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“…He defined four divine mandates based on the systematic analysis of Bible, i.e., work, marriage, government, and church. These terms in wide contexts at the last decades have been interpreted, e.g., in political [79], in social, family [80] and in environmental crisis [81]. Although the term of divine mandate has been defined by Bonhoeffer, its meaning is also close to the term of orders of creation [82], which term has long tradition in Protestant (especially Lutheran) ethics, see, e.g., [83,84].…”

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Coordinated Control Design for Ethical Maneuvering of Autonomous Vehicles

Németh

2023

Energies

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This paper proposes a coordinated control design method, with which the autonomous vehicle is able to perform ethical maneuvers. The starting point of the provided method is a thorough analysis on the ethical concepts for autonomous vehicle control design methods. Using the results of the analysis, an own concept is provided based on some principles of Protestant ethics. The concept focuses on improving trust in vehicle control through clear rules and predictable vehicle motion, and it is in line with the state-of-the-art ethical vehicle control methods. Moreover, an optimal Model Predictive Control (MPC) design method is formed, in which the provided ethical concept is incorporated. The outputs of the optimal control are steering angle and velocity profile, with which the ethical maneuvering can be achieved. The contribution of the paper is a coordinated control design method, which is able to involve ethical principles. Moreover, the application of Protestant ethics in this context is also a novel achievement in the paper. The effectiveness of the method through different simulation scenarios is illustrated.

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Section: Achieving Optimal Vehicle Motion Is An Ethical Requirementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coordinated Control Design for Ethical Maneuvering of Autonomous Vehicles

Németh

2023

Energies

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“…He defined four divine mandates based on the Bible, i.e., work, marriage, government, and church. These terms in wide contexts at the last decades have been interpreted, e.g., in political [22], in social, family [23] and in environmental crisis [24]. Similarly, the divine mandate of work also can be interpreted for control design.…”

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Route selection method with ethical considerations for automated vehicles under critical situations

Németh

2022

2022 IEEE 20th Jubilee World Symposium on Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI)

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Route selection for automated vehicle is a challenging task under critical situations, i.e., which can lead to serious or fatal injury. Due to the high risk of a dangerous collision with its consequences on human participants, the selection on possible routes poses ethical problems. This paper proposes a multi-layer route selection strategy for automated vehicles under critical situations, in which ethical considerations have been incorporated. The selection strategy contains a graph-based quantitative evaluation layer and a layer with qualitative evaluation based on the ethical principles. The operation of the route selection method through some examples is illustrated.

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“…Some argue that these accounts tend to counteract the radical vision found in his Christ‐reality‐guided ethic (Guth 2013, 133; Brown 2016, 27). Others discover a Hegelian heritage in them, claiming that for Bonhoeffer, ethical life gains concrete substance only through the institutions authorized by divine mandates (Robinson 2018, 166–69; Mauldin 2019, 583). Resolving the issue of whether divine mandates are obstacles or supplements to Bonhoeffer's distinctive ethic goes beyond the scope of this essay.…”

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“…As Charles Mathewes cautions, Arendt's thinking contains aspects that “a simplistic voluntarist reading” cannot capture (2000, 399). Indeed, Arendt and Bonhoeffer, respectively, developed political sensitivities that incorporate both continuity and change, as Arendt appealed to agonistic and institutional features of free politics, and Bonhoeffer discerned conceptual differences among the orders of creation and preservation and divine mandates (Markell 2011, 34–37; Villa 2008a, 408; Elshtain 2001, 347; and Mauldin 2019, 582–88). In this respect, neither theocratic legalism nor vulgar voluntarism can provide a full understanding of forgiveness, although these thinkers' specific ways of engaging with the world and establishing reality differ (Arendt 1998, 50; Bonhoeffer 2005, 58).…”

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The Politicalvs. the Theological: The Scope of Secularity in Arendtian Forgiveness

Lee¹

2022

Journal of Religious Ethics

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The conventional interpretation of Hannah Arendt's accounts of forgiveness considers them secularistic. The secular features of her thinking that resist grounding the act of forgiving in divine criteria offer a good corrective to religious forgiveness that fosters depoliticization. Arendt's vision of free politics, however, calls for much more nuance and complexity regarding the secular and the religious in realizing forgiveness for transitional politics than the secularist rendition of her thinking allows. After identifying an area of ambiguity in Arendt's thoughts that invites further investigation of religious forgiveness, this study seeks to relieve her misgivings about religion's role in politics by engaging with Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology, which emphasizes worldliness and altruism in religious faith. Through constructive engagements with both thinkers, the article presents a balanced Arendtian position that is neither solely secularist nor complacent about religion in politics.

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Interpreting the Divine Mandates in a Bonhoeffer Moment

Cited by 6 publications

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Coordinated Control Design for Ethical Maneuvering of Autonomous Vehicles

Coordinated Control Design for Ethical Maneuvering of Autonomous Vehicles

Route selection method with ethical considerations for automated vehicles under critical situations

The Politicalvs. the Theological: The Scope of Secularity in Arendtian Forgiveness

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