God and the Grounding of Morality
Title | God and the Grounding of Morality PDF eBook |
Author | Kai Nielsen |
Publisher | University of Ottawa Press |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 1997-10-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 077661603X |
These essays make a single central claim: that human beings can still make sense of their lives and still have a humane morality, even if their worldview is utterly secular and even if they have lost the last vestige of belief in God. "Even in a self-consciously Godless world life can be fully meaningful," Nielsen contends.
God and Morality
Title | God and Morality PDF eBook |
Author | R. Keith Loftin |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2012-08-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830863451 |
Is morality dependent upon belief in God? Is there more than one way for Christians to understand the nature of morality? Is there any agreement between Christians and atheists or agnostics on this heated issue? In God and Morality: Four Views four distinguished voices in moral philosophy ariticulate and defend their place in the current debate between naturalism and theism. Christian philosophers, Keith Yandell and Mark Linville and two self-identified atheist/agnostics, Evan Fales and Michael Ruse clearly and honestly represent their differing views on the nature of morality. Important differences as well as areas of overlap emerge as each contributor states their case, receives criticism from the others and responds. Of particular value for use as an academic text, these four essays and responses, covering the naturalist moral non-realist, naturalist moral realist, moral essentialist and moral particularist views, will foster critical thinking and contribute to the development of a well-informed position on this very important issue.
God and Morality
Title | God and Morality PDF eBook |
Author | John E. Hare |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2009-08-17 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1405195983 |
God and Morality evaluates the ethical theories of four principle philosophers, Aristotle, Duns Scotus, Kant, and R.M. Hare. Uses their thinking as the basis for telling the story of the history and development of ethical thought more broadly Focuses specifically on their writings on virtue, will, duty, and consequence Concentrates on the theistic beliefs to highlight continuity of philosophical thought
God and Morality
Title | God and Morality PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Jeffrey |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-05-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781108469449 |
This Element has two aims. The first is to discuss arguments philosophers have made about the difference God's existence might make to questions of general interest in metaethics. The second is to argue that it is a mistake to think we can get very far in answering these questions by assuming a thin conception of God, and to suggest that exploring the implications of thick theisms for metaethics would be more fruitful.
Is God a Moral Monster?
Title | Is God a Moral Monster? PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Copan |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441214542 |
A recent string of popular-level books written by the New Atheists have leveled the accusation that the God of the Old Testament is nothing but a bully, a murderer, and a cosmic child abuser. This viewpoint is even making inroads into the church. How are Christians to respond to such accusations? And how are we to reconcile the seemingly disconnected natures of God portrayed in the two testaments? In this timely and readable book, apologist Paul Copan takes on some of the most vexing accusations of our time, including: God is arrogant and jealous God punishes people too harshly God is guilty of ethnic cleansing God oppresses women God endorses slavery Christianity causes violence and more Copan not only answers God's critics, he also shows how to read both the Old and New Testaments faithfully, seeing an unchanging, righteous, and loving God in both.
God and the Grounding of Morality
Title | God and the Grounding of Morality PDF eBook |
Author | David James Redmond |
Publisher | |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Ethics |
ISBN |
Furthermore, I argue that, if God exists, theistic moral valuational particularism is not only well motivated theologically, but it can withstand the two most prominent objections that have been lodged against it, viz., the arbitrariness objection and the divine ascription problem.
God and Moral Obligation
Title | God and Moral Obligation PDF eBook |
Author | C. Stephen Evans |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2013-02-28 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0199696683 |
C. Stephen Evans defends the claim that moral obligations are best understood as divine commands or requirements; hence an important part of morality depends on God. God's requirements are communicated in a variety of ways, including conscience, and that natural law ethics and virtue ethics provide complementary perspectives to this view.