God and Moral Obligation

Zusatztext This book is a painstaking analysis of the moral and philosophical arguments and counterarguments respecting the place of God in moral theory ... Recommended. Informationen zum Autor C. Stephen Evans is University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University. Klappentext This book argues 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. Zusammenfassung This book argues 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. 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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• Authors: C. Stephen Evans, C. Stephen (University Professor of Philoso Evans, Evans C. Stephen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9780198715375
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871537-5
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Philosophy of religion