exemplarism

Grosseteste's exemplarism (see Lynch 1941) is in part an adaptation of Plato's theory of Ideas to a Christian framework.

Robert Grosseteste Lewis, Neil 2007

Humanist emphasis on exemplarism — on history as moral philosophy teaching right conduct by taking historical personages as examples of virtues and vices (this was of course also a medieval tradition) — was taken for granted, and humanist imitation of ancient historians flourished.

Paradox and Paradise Yates, Frances A. 1967

Christ's vicarious satisfaction by a sort of purely ethical exemplarism.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Christian writers, especially when they treat of the divine exemplarism or of the relations of the three Divine Persons in the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Obama shares Lincoln's understanding that American exemplarism is possible only through the country's abidance of international norms.

National Coalition for History 2009

There’s a different type of exceptionalism, which I call “exemplarism” in the book, which means that we draw other nations to us through moral conduct, and through our pursuit of a world of rules which everybody would abide by, and through our generosity, and through talking to and communicating with the peoples of the world.

Wonk Room » Brose: Neocons Are Just Alright 2009

He’s putting meat on the bones of the “exemplarism” concept and hitting, to me, a key point that’s been all-too-absent from our politics, the need to think about how US foreign policy decisions look to the rest of the world.

Matthew Yglesias » Edwards Speech 2007

While I don’t object to the concept of such projects in the sense that they represent ‘imperialism’ — rather, I think liberal western society represents the objectively proper state of humanity as weighed against theocracy, feudalism, fill in the tyrannically illiberal-cracy — but I tend to think that some pure consensus or voluntarism or exemplarism ought to imbuethem.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Even more on libertarianism and war: 2007