Myth and Morality: The Love Command

Abstract. Following in general a history of religions analysis, the paper argues that myth lays a basis for morality in that it sets forth a picture of “how things really are” (the is), to which humans seek to conform their actions (morality, the ought). A parallel argument locates the capacity for...

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Main Author: Hefner, Philip 1932- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1991
In: Zygon
Year: 1991, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 115-136
Further subjects:B Christian Theology
B Morality
B Myth
B Love Command
B Evolution
B Altruism
B Culture
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