The Apostle Paul defined the moral values of love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness as 'the fruit of God's Spirit.' Paul Moser here argues that such values are character traits of an intentional God. When directly experienced, they can serve as evidence for the reality and goodness of such a God. Moser shows how moral conscience plays a key role in presenting intentional divine action in human moral experience. He explores this insight in chapters focusing on various facets of moral experience – regarding human persons, God, and theological inquiry, among other topics. His volume enables a responsible assessment of divine reality and goodness, without reliance on controversial arguments of natural theology. Clarifying how attention to moral experience can contribute to a limited theodicy for God and evil, Moser's study also acknowledges that the reality of severe evil does not settle the issue of God's existence and goodness.
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Preface; Introduction: Moral Experience Personified; 1. Moral Experience and Persons; 2. Moral Experience and God; 3. Moral Experience and Moral Rapport; 4. Moral Experience and Moral Inspiration; 5. Moral Experience without Philosophical Overlays; 6. Moral Experience and Co-Valuing in Conflict; 7. Moral Experience Justified by God; 8. Moral Experience and Theological Inquiry; Selected Bibliography on Values, Duties, and God; Index.
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Explains how the qualitative awareness-content of human moral experience can have intentional features indicating God's reality and goodness.

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ISBN
9781009423151
Publisert
2023-11-23
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
430 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
256

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Biografisk notat

Paul K. Moser is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Paul's Gospel of Divine Self-Sacrifice: Righteous Reconciliation in Reciprocity (2022); Divine Guidance: Moral Attraction in Action (2022); and The Divine Goodness of Jesus: Impact and Response (2021).