Is there a connection between religion and morality? Ivan Karamazov, in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, famously declares that if God does not exist, then "everything is permitted." Most philosophers reject such a view and hold that moral truths do not depend on God. C.Stephen Evans argues that the truth lies somewhere between these two claims. It is not quite right to say that there would be nothing left of morality if God did not exist, but moral obligations do depend on God ontologically. Such obligations are best understood as God's commands or requirements, communicated to humans in a variety of ways, including conscience. In God and Moral Obligation, Evans also argues that two views often thought to be rivals to a divine command morality, natural law ethics and virtue ethics, are not rivals at all but provide necessary complementary elements of a comprehensive morality. A number of objections to a divine command account of moral obligations are posed and answered. In the concluding chapters Evans points out the advantages such an account has over secular rivals. The authority and objectivity of moral obligations are best explained by seeing them as divine commands.
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C. Stephen Evans defends the claim that moral obligations are best understood as divine commands or requirements; hence an important part of morality depends on God. God's requirements are communicated in a variety of ways, including conscience, and that natural law ethics and virtue ethics provide complementary perspectives to this view.
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1. God and Moral Obligations ; 2. What Is a Divine Command Theory of Moral Obligation ; 3. The Relation of Divine Command Theory to Natural Law and Virtue Ethics ; 4. Objections to Divine Command Theory ; 5. Alternatives to a Divine Command Theory ; 6. Conclusions: The Inescapability of Moral Obligations
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...gratitude is certainly due to Evans for providing an unquestionably erudite, substantial, and provocative contribution to an important discussion that bears deep implications for both metaethics and theodicy.
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Argues that a divine command ethic, a natural law ethic, and a virtue ethic are not rivals but provide complementary perspectives Explores the main objections to a divine command ethic and clearly responds to these Compares a divine command morality to leading secular metaethical views Defends the claim that conscience is a natural faculty that provides fallible knowledge of morality
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Argues that a divine command ethic, a natural law ethic, and a virtue ethic are not rivals but provide complementary perspectives Explores the main objections to a divine command ethic and clearly responds to these Compares a divine command morality to leading secular metaethical views Defends the claim that conscience is a natural faculty that provides fallible knowledge of morality
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ISBN
9780199696680
Publisert
2013
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Vendor
Oxford University Press
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402 gr
Høyde
225 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
210

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