On Metaphysical Necessity
Essays on God, the World, Morality, and Democracy
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2020
269 pages
978-1-4384-7932-3 (ISBN)
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Emphasizes the importance of metaphysical necessity to both philosophical theology and, through it, to moral and political theory.
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Franklin I. Gamwell is Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics, Theology, and Philosophy of Religion at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. His many books include Religion among We the People: Conversations on Democracy and the Divine Good; Existence and the Good: Metaphysical Necessity in Morals and Politics; and The Meaning of Religious Freedom: Modern Politics and the Democratic Resolution, all published by SUNY Press.
Content
Introduction: On Transcendental Metaphysics
Metaphysics
Transcendental
The Following Chapters
Part One: God And The World: Metaphysics In The Strict Sense
1. A Defense Of Metaphysical Necessity
Recent Thinkers
The Pragmatic Self- Refutation
Recent Thinkers Revisited
Metaphysical Necessity
2. Speaking Of God After Aquinas
A Reading Of Aquinas
Analogical And Purely Equivocal Names
Theistic Arguments
Burrell's Alternative
The Principle Of Prior Actuality
3. Schleiermacher And Transcendental Philosophy
Schleiermacher's Introduction To Dogmatics
An Assessment Of Schleiermacher's Achievement
4. The Source Of Temptation
Augustine: Through Adam To The Devil
Reinhold Niebuhr: Sin Posits Itself
Another Account: Human Fragmentariness
Conclusion
Part Two: Morality And Democracy: Metaphysics In The Broad Sense
5. Moral Creatures And Their Decisions
Neoclassical Metaphysics In The Strict Sense
Moral Understanding
The Strictly Metaphysical Definition Of Good
Moral Creatures As Subjects
The Transcendental Moral Principles
6. On The Interpretation Of Religious Freedom: A Conversation With Ronald Dworkin
Dworkin's Interpretation
Dworkin's Interpretation: A Critique
Toward An Alternative Interpretation
7. On Religious Freedom And Its Free Exercise
Recent Theories
Politics By The Way Of Reason
Free Exercise Exemptions
Convictions And Confessions
8. The Revolution's Promise
Popular Sovereignty
The States' Rights View
The National View
Consequences Of The Revolution
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Metaphysics
Transcendental
The Following Chapters
Part One: God And The World: Metaphysics In The Strict Sense
1. A Defense Of Metaphysical Necessity
Recent Thinkers
The Pragmatic Self- Refutation
Recent Thinkers Revisited
Metaphysical Necessity
2. Speaking Of God After Aquinas
A Reading Of Aquinas
Analogical And Purely Equivocal Names
Theistic Arguments
Burrell's Alternative
The Principle Of Prior Actuality
3. Schleiermacher And Transcendental Philosophy
Schleiermacher's Introduction To Dogmatics
An Assessment Of Schleiermacher's Achievement
4. The Source Of Temptation
Augustine: Through Adam To The Devil
Reinhold Niebuhr: Sin Posits Itself
Another Account: Human Fragmentariness
Conclusion
Part Two: Morality And Democracy: Metaphysics In The Broad Sense
5. Moral Creatures And Their Decisions
Neoclassical Metaphysics In The Strict Sense
Moral Understanding
The Strictly Metaphysical Definition Of Good
Moral Creatures As Subjects
The Transcendental Moral Principles
6. On The Interpretation Of Religious Freedom: A Conversation With Ronald Dworkin
Dworkin's Interpretation
Dworkin's Interpretation: A Critique
Toward An Alternative Interpretation
7. On Religious Freedom And Its Free Exercise
Recent Theories
Politics By The Way Of Reason
Free Exercise Exemptions
Convictions And Confessions
8. The Revolution's Promise
Popular Sovereignty
The States' Rights View
The National View
Consequences Of The Revolution
Notes
Works Cited
Index
