Author: David Baggett
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199751803
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This book aims to reinvigorate discussions of moral arguments for God's existence. To open this debate, Baggett and Walls argue that God's love and moral goodness are perfect, without defect, necessary, and recognizable. After integrating insights from the literature of both moral apologetics and theistic ethics, they defend theistic ethics against a variety of objections and, in so doing, bolster the case for the moral argument for God's existence. It is the intention of the authors to see this aspect of natural theology resume its rightful place of prominence, by showing how a worldview predicated on the God of both classical theism and historical Christian orthodoxy has more than adequate resources to answer the Euthyphro Dilemma, speak to the problem of evil, illumine natural law, and highlight the moral significance of the incarnation and resurrection of Christ. Ultimately, the authors argue, there is principled reason to believe that morality itself provides excellent reasons to look for a transcendent source of its authority and reality, and a source that is more than an abstract principle.
Good God
Author: David Baggett
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199751803
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This book aims to reinvigorate discussions of moral arguments for God's existence. To open this debate, Baggett and Walls argue that God's love and moral goodness are perfect, without defect, necessary, and recognizable. After integrating insights from the literature of both moral apologetics and theistic ethics, they defend theistic ethics against a variety of objections and, in so doing, bolster the case for the moral argument for God's existence. It is the intention of the authors to see this aspect of natural theology resume its rightful place of prominence, by showing how a worldview predicated on the God of both classical theism and historical Christian orthodoxy has more than adequate resources to answer the Euthyphro Dilemma, speak to the problem of evil, illumine natural law, and highlight the moral significance of the incarnation and resurrection of Christ. Ultimately, the authors argue, there is principled reason to believe that morality itself provides excellent reasons to look for a transcendent source of its authority and reality, and a source that is more than an abstract principle.
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199751803
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This book aims to reinvigorate discussions of moral arguments for God's existence. To open this debate, Baggett and Walls argue that God's love and moral goodness are perfect, without defect, necessary, and recognizable. After integrating insights from the literature of both moral apologetics and theistic ethics, they defend theistic ethics against a variety of objections and, in so doing, bolster the case for the moral argument for God's existence. It is the intention of the authors to see this aspect of natural theology resume its rightful place of prominence, by showing how a worldview predicated on the God of both classical theism and historical Christian orthodoxy has more than adequate resources to answer the Euthyphro Dilemma, speak to the problem of evil, illumine natural law, and highlight the moral significance of the incarnation and resurrection of Christ. Ultimately, the authors argue, there is principled reason to believe that morality itself provides excellent reasons to look for a transcendent source of its authority and reality, and a source that is more than an abstract principle.
Ethics Done Right
Author: Elijah Millgram
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521839433
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Examines how practical reasoning can be put into the service of ethical and moral theory.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521839433
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Examines how practical reasoning can be put into the service of ethical and moral theory.
Science and the Good
Author: James Davison Hunter
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300196288
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of the centuries-long, passionate, but ultimately failed quest to discover a scientific foundation for morality. The "new moral science" led by such figures as E. O. Wilson, Patricia Churchland, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, and Joshua Greene is only the newest manifestation of that quest. Though claims for its accomplishments are often wildly exaggerated, this new iteration has been no more successful than its predecessors. But rather than giving up in the face of this failure, the new moral science has taken a surprising turn. Whereas earlier efforts sought to demonstrate what is right and wrong, the new moral scientists have concluded, ironically, that right and wrong don't actually exist. Their (perhaps unwitting) moral nihilism turns the science of morality into a social engineering project. If there is nothing moral for science to discover, the science of morality becomes, at best, a feeble program to achieve arbitrary societal goals. Concise and rigorously argued, Science and the Good is a definitive critique of a would-be science that has gained extraordinary influence in public discourse today and an exposé of that project's darker turn.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300196288
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are neither scientific nor moral In this illuminating book, James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of the centuries-long, passionate, but ultimately failed quest to discover a scientific foundation for morality. The "new moral science" led by such figures as E. O. Wilson, Patricia Churchland, Sam Harris, Jonathan Haidt, and Joshua Greene is only the newest manifestation of that quest. Though claims for its accomplishments are often wildly exaggerated, this new iteration has been no more successful than its predecessors. But rather than giving up in the face of this failure, the new moral science has taken a surprising turn. Whereas earlier efforts sought to demonstrate what is right and wrong, the new moral scientists have concluded, ironically, that right and wrong don't actually exist. Their (perhaps unwitting) moral nihilism turns the science of morality into a social engineering project. If there is nothing moral for science to discover, the science of morality becomes, at best, a feeble program to achieve arbitrary societal goals. Concise and rigorously argued, Science and the Good is a definitive critique of a would-be science that has gained extraordinary influence in public discourse today and an exposé of that project's darker turn.
The Foundation of Moral Goodness
Author: John Balguy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Whatever Happened to Good and Evil?
Author: Russ Shafer-Landau
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195168730
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
This is a brief introduction to ethics, with a point of view. The book addresses "meta-ethical" questions that go beyond what most introductory ethics books address, which are "normative" theories (egoism, utilitarianism, etc.) and "applied" ethics (abortion, capital punishment, etc.).
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195168730
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
This is a brief introduction to ethics, with a point of view. The book addresses "meta-ethical" questions that go beyond what most introductory ethics books address, which are "normative" theories (egoism, utilitarianism, etc.) and "applied" ethics (abortion, capital punishment, etc.).
The Foundation of Moral Goodness: Or a Further Inquiry Into the Original of Our Idea of Virtue. By a Clergyman [i.e. John Balguy].
Author: John Balguy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Foundation of Moral Goodness: or a Further inquiry into the original of our idea of virtue. By a Clergyman i.e. John Balguy
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
An Introduction to Kant's Moral Philosophy
Author: Jennifer K. Uleman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113948446X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy is one of the most distinctive achievements of the European Enlightenment. At its heart lies what Kant called the 'strange thing': the free, rational, human will. This introduction explores the basis of Kant's anti-naturalist, secular, humanist vision of the human good. Moving from a sketch of the Kantian will, with all its component parts and attributes, to Kant's canonical arguments for his categorical imperative, this introduction shows why Kant thought his moral law the best summary expression of both his own philosophical work on morality and his readers' deepest shared convictions about the good. Kant's central tenets, key arguments, and core values are presented in an accessible and engaging way, making this book ideal for anyone eager to explore the fundamentals of Kant's moral philosophy.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113948446X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy is one of the most distinctive achievements of the European Enlightenment. At its heart lies what Kant called the 'strange thing': the free, rational, human will. This introduction explores the basis of Kant's anti-naturalist, secular, humanist vision of the human good. Moving from a sketch of the Kantian will, with all its component parts and attributes, to Kant's canonical arguments for his categorical imperative, this introduction shows why Kant thought his moral law the best summary expression of both his own philosophical work on morality and his readers' deepest shared convictions about the good. Kant's central tenets, key arguments, and core values are presented in an accessible and engaging way, making this book ideal for anyone eager to explore the fundamentals of Kant's moral philosophy.
The Second Part of The Foundation of Moral Goodness; Illustrating and Enforcing the Principles and Reasonings Contained in the Former
Author: John Balguy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Kant on the Foundation of Morality
Author:
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description