
Finite and Infinite Goods
A Framework for Ethics
Robert Merrihew Adams(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 20. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
424 pages
978-0-19-515371-2 (ISBN)
Description
Renowned scholar Robert Adams explores the relation between religion and ethics through a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically-based framework for ethics. Adams' framework begins with the good rather than the right, and with excellence rather than usefulness. He argues that loving the excellent, of which adoring God is a clear example, is the most fundamental aspect of a life well lived. Developing his original and detailed theory, Adams contends that devotion, the sacred, grace, martyrdom, worship, vocation, faith, and other concepts drawn from religious ethics have been sorely overlooked in moral philosophy and can enrich the texture of ethical thought.
Reviews / Votes
Finite and Infinite Goods is a work that every Christian philosopher and theologian concerned with ethics simply must read. It has been a long time since I have read a book with such a bold and original vision, coupled with careful argument and insightful reflection on particular problems and issues. * Books & Culture * one of the two most important books in moral philosophy of the last quarter century. * Theology Today *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
691 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-515371-2 (9780195153712)
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Person
Author
Clark Professor of Philosophy and MetaphysicsClark Professor of Philosophy and Metaphysics, Yale University
Content
PART ONE: THE NATURE OF THE GOOD; PART TWO: LOVING THE GOOD; PART THREE: THE GOOD AND THE RIGHT; PART FOUR: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF VALUE