From morality to metaphysics: the theistic implications of our ethical commitments
Part I: The 'explanatory gap'. 1. Why take morality to be objective? -- 2. The gap opens: evolution and our capacity for moral knowledge -- Part II: Secular responses. 3. Alternatives to realism: Simon Blackburn and Allan Gibbard -- 4. Procedures and reasons: Tim Scanlon and Christine Kors...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | Angus Ritchie: From morality to metaphysics: the theistic implications of our ethical commitments (2014) (Mourad, Ronney)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
God
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B Existence of God / Moral act |
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Collection of essays
B Ethics B Theism B God (Christianity) B Religion and ethics B Bibliography |
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| Summary: | Part I: The 'explanatory gap'. 1. Why take morality to be objective? -- 2. The gap opens: evolution and our capacity for moral knowledge -- Part II: Secular responses. 3. Alternatives to realism: Simon Blackburn and Allan Gibbard -- 4. Procedures and reasons: Tim Scanlon and Christine Korsgaard -- 5. Natural goodness: Philippa Foot's moral objectivism -- 6. Natural goodness and 'second nature': John McDowell and David Wiggin -- Part III: Theism. 7. From goodness to God: closing the explanatory gap -- 8. Purpose without theism? Axiarchism and Neoplatonism |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0199652511 |