In the parable of Good Samaritan

The relevance of the absent

Authors

  • Ramiro Délio Borges de Meneses Universidade Católica Portuguesa image/svg+xml Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25188/FLT-VoxScript(eISSN2447-7443)vXXVI.n2.p377-396.RDBM

Keywords:

Parable of the Good Samaritan, Relevance, Plesiology, Otherness

Abstract

We seek, in this article, the sense of the moral spectacle, lived at the clinic, the relevance of the absent and how they mark the moral life. Thus, referring to Kant: men are, in genere, much better actors as more civilized. They take the mere appearance of affection, respect for others, modesty, lack of interest, not fooled by anything. May end up waking virtues, whose mere appearance they merely pretend. Therefore, the relevance of the missing may mark the clinical life, giving him a moral connotation. In fact, the parable of Good Samaritan shows many relevancies from plesiological to soteriological, which has its epicenter in the splancnofanic relevance.

Author Biography

  • Ramiro Délio Borges de Meneses, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

    Ramiro Délio Borges de Meneses (Dr.). Investigador do Instituto de Bioética, U.C. P., Porto, Portugal. Professor do Instituto Politécnico de Saúde do Norte (Gandra e Famalicão); Investigador do Centro de Estudos Filosóficos da Faculdade de Filosofia de Braga da Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

References

Published

01-08-2018

Issue

Section

Articles on various theological and interdisciplinary topics

How to Cite

DE MENESES, Ramiro Délio Borges. In the parable of Good Samaritan: The relevance of the absent. Vox Scripturae - Revista Teológica Internacional, São Bento do Sul, SC, v. 26, n. 2, p. 377–396, 2018. DOI: 10.25188/FLT-VoxScript(eISSN2447-7443)vXXVI.n2.p377-396.RDBM. Disponível em: https://revistas.flt.edu.br/voxscripturae/article/view/243. Acesso em: 6 jun. 2026.