On Moral-Natural and Moral-Positive Duties: A Combination Metaethical Theory in the Restoration Tradition
This article elucidates a unique metaethical theory implicit in the work of several thinkers associated with the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement. After positioning that theory within a broader landscape of metaethical positions endorsed by several prominent contemporary Christian philosophers an...
| Published in: | Studies in Christian ethics |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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Studies in Christian ethics
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDG Free church NBC Doctrine of God NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
B Divine Command Theory B combination theory B Euthyphro dilemma B Divine commands (Ethics) B Alexander Campbell B natural law theory B Arbitrariness B Metaethics B Christian Ethics B James Beattie B Christian philosophers B Restoration ecology |
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| Summary: | This article elucidates a unique metaethical theory implicit in the work of several thinkers associated with the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement. After positioning that theory within a broader landscape of metaethical positions endorsed by several prominent contemporary Christian philosophers and theologians, we address the concern that, when attending to the Euthyphro dilemma, the Restoration-inspired combination metaethical theory inevitably collapses into either an unalloyed divine command theory or an unalloyed natural law theory. In explaining how this sort of worry can be mitigated, we offer reason to think that the nonreductive, combination metaethical theory in question constitutes potentially fertile territory for further scholarly work in Christian ethics. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946816680138 |