
Finite and Infinite Goods
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- I: THE NATURE OF THE GOOD
- 1 God as the Good
- 1. The Semantics and the Metaphysics of Value
- 2. Eros and the Good
- 3. Godlikeness
- 4. Varieties of Excellence
- 5. The Divine Nature
- 2 The Transcendence of the Good
- 1. The Holy
- 2. Naturalism
- 3. Empirical Testing, Explanation, and Value
- 4. Transcendence Vindicated
- 3 Well-Being and Excellence
- 1. Well-Being and the Satisfaction of Desire
- 2. Well-Being as Enjoyment of the Excellent
- 4 The Sacred and the Bad
- 1. The Bad
- 2. Moral Horror
- 3. Violation
- 4. Images of God
- 5. The Value of Persons as Persons
- 6. Ontology
- 7. Defilement and Symbolic Violation
- II: LOVING THE GOOD
- 5 Eros
- 1. Can God Love Finite Things at All?
- 2. Benevolence and Self-Interest
- 3. Eros and Self-Interest
- 4. The Value of Love's Interest in Relationship
- 5. Impersonal Objects of Love
- 6 Grace
- 1. Love's Particularity
- 2. Love for Particular Universals
- 3. Reasons for Love
- 4. Hesed
- 5. Love's Universality
- 7 Devotion
- 1. The Ethics of Motives
- 2. The Fragmentation of Value
- 3. The Integration of Value
- 4. The Problem of Total Devotion
- 5. Love for the Good as Organizing Principle
- 6. Love as Enjoyment
- 7. Love as Alliance
- 8 Idolatry
- 1. Priorities
- 2. Need and Detachment
- 3. Misidentification
- 9 Symbolic Value
- 1. Martyrdom
- 2. The Moral Value of Symbolism
- 3. Eschatology and Ethics
- 4. Worship
- III: THE GOOD AND THE RIGHT
- 10 Obligation
- 1. Sanctions and the Semantics of Obligation
- 2. Guilt
- 3. Social Requirement
- 11 Divine Commands
- 1. Placing the Theory in Its Context
- 2. Divine Commands and the Role of Obligation
- 3. Divine Command and Divine Will
- 4. What Is a Divine Command?
- 5. Autonomy
- 12 Abraham's Dilemma
- 1. The Dilemma Stated
- 2. Can It Be Wrong to Obey God?
- 3. What Should We Believe about God's Commands?
- 13 Vocation
- 1. Singular Judgments in Ethics
- 2. A Conception of Vocation
- 3. Actuality and Goodness
- 4. Vocation and Selfhood
- 5. Vocation and Conflicting Values
- 14 Politics and the Good
- 1. Perfectionism and Equality
- 2. Civil Liberties
- 3. Church, State, and Culture
- 4. State Action to Protect and Promote the Good
- IV: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF VALUE
- 15 Revelation of the Good
- 1. The Metaphysics and the Epistemology of Value
- 2. Evaluative Doxastic Practices
- 3. General Revelation
- 4. Special Revelation, Experience, and Change in Ethics
- 16 Moral Faith
- 1. Faith in Morality
- 2. Faith in Moral Ends
- 3. The Cognitive Aspect of Moral Faith
- 4. The Volitional Aspect of Moral Faith
- 5. The Emotional Aspect of Moral Faith
- Bibliography
- Index
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