Created goodness and the goodness of God: divine ideas and the possibility of creaturely value
Traditional theism says that the goodness of everything comes from God. Moreover, the goodness of something intrinsically valuable can only come from what has it. Many conclude from these two claims that no creatures have intrinsic value if traditional theism is true. I argue that the exemplarist th...
Subtitles: | Special issue: "The Existence and Nature of Deities" |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 534-546 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
God
/ The Good
/ Image of God
/ Value
/ Metaethics
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IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics |
Further subjects: | B
Theism
B Divine Ideas B Intrinsic Value B Metaethics |
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