meticulously argued . . .

John Cottingham, The TLS

[an] interesting book . . . the possibility that it raises of an option beyond natural law and divine command ethics is surely worth further exploration. For that alone this book is well worth reading.

Robin Gill, Journal of Theological Studies

Does God's existence make a difference to how we explain morality? Mark C. Murphy critiques the two dominant theistic accounts of morality--natural law theory and divine command theory--and presents a novel third view. He argues that we can value natural facts about humans and their good, while keeping God at the centre of our moral explanations. The characteristic methodology of theistic ethics is to proceed by asking whether there are features of moral norms that can be adequately explained only if we hold that such norms have some sort of theistic foundation. But this methodology, fruitful as it has been, is one-sided. God and Moral Law proceeds not from the side of the moral norms, so to speak, but from the God side of things: what sort of explanatory relationship should we expect between God and moral norms given the existence of the God of orthodox theism? Mark C. Murphy asks whether the conception of God in orthodox theism as an absolutely perfect being militates in favor of a particular view of the explanation of morality by appeal to theistic facts. He puts this methodology to work and shows that, surprisingly, natural law theory and divine command theory fail to offer the sort of explanation of morality that we would expect given the existence of the God of orthodox theism. Drawing on the discussion of a structurally similar problem--that of the relationship between God and the laws of nature--Murphy articulates his new account of the relationship between God and morality, one in which facts about God and facts about nature cooperate in the explanation of moral law.
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Does God's existence make a difference to how we explain morality? Mark C. Murphy critiques the two dominant theistic accounts of morality--natural law theory and divine command theory--and presents a novel third view. He argues that we can value natural facts about humans and their good, while keeping God at the centre of our moral explanations.
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Introduction: God and morality ; 1. Moral law ; 2. Theistic explanation of moral law ; 3. Natural law theory ; 4. Theological voluntarism ; 5. Theistic explanation of the laws of nature ; 6. Moral concurrentism ; References ; Index
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`meticulously argued . . .' John Cottingham, The TLS `[an] interesting book . . . the possibility that it raises of an option beyond natural law and divine command ethics is surely worth further exploration. For that alone this book is well worth reading.' Robin Gill, Journal of Theological Studies
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Presents a fresh, new account of the relationship between God and morality Moral philosophy and philosophy of religion meet here
Mark C. Murphy is McDevitt Chair of Religious Philosophy at Georgetown University. He writes on ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and philosophy of religion. He is the author of several books, including Natural Law and Practical Rationality (2001), An Essay on Divine Authority (2002), and Natural Law in Jurisprudence and Politics (2006).
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Presents a fresh, new account of the relationship between God and morality Moral philosophy and philosophy of religion meet here

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198748212
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
248 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
204

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Biografisk notat

Mark C. Murphy is McDevitt Chair of Religious Philosophy at Georgetown University. He writes on ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and philosophy of religion. He is the author of several books, including Natural Law and Practical Rationality (2001), An Essay on Divine Authority (2002), and Natural Law in Jurisprudence and Politics (2006).