God and Morality - A Philosophical History
Published on 14. January 2008
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320 pages
978-0-470-75475-7 (ISBN)
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God and Morality evaluates the ethical theories of four principle philosophers, Aristotle, Duns Scotus, Kant, and R.M. Hare. * Uses their thinking as the basis for telling the story of the history and development of ethical thought more broadly * Focuses specifically on their writings on virtue, will, duty, and consequence * Concentrates on the theistic beliefs to highlight continuity of philosophical thought
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"This book is important. It offers a profound contribution rather than the last word on theism and ethics" Ethical Perspectives "This is a splendid history of philosophical ethics, with special interest in God's presence and importance in that perennial enterprise, by one of the leading philosophers of ethics writing today. Hare tops off this surprising, exciting, and unorthodox history with an account of his own that collects together the best features of the theistic ethics of the past. God and Morality is written with crystal clarity and impressive scholarship." Robert Roberts, Baylor UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
596 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-75475-7 (9780470754757)
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05/2008
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Person
John E. Hare is Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University. His books include The Moral Gap (1996), God's Call (2001), and Why Bother Being Good? (2002). He has also written on Greek philosophy, international relations, Kant, evolutionary ethics, and biomedical ethics.
Content
Introduction. 1. Aristotle. The School of Athens. The Protretpicus. God and Nous in Nicomachean Ethics Book I. The First Sentence of the Nicomachean Ethics. Heading towards the Good. Virtue. Larry Arnhart. 2. Duns Scotus. The Disputa. Duns Scotus, Lectura. The Two Affections of the Will. Justice and God. Scotus and Virtue. Scotus and Particularity. Jean-Paul Sartre. 3. Immanuel Kant. The Time Between. Kant, Lectures on Ethics (Collins). The Groundwork. The Critique of Practical Reason. Religion. Metaphysics of Morals. Christine Korsgaard. 4. R. M. Hare. The Time Between. "An Essay on Monism". The Language of Morals. Freedom and Reason. Moral Thinking. Peter Singer. 5. Combining the Theories. The Goal of the Chapter. Virtue Theory. Command Theory. Consequentialism. Bibliography. Index of Biblical References. General Index