God''s Command

Zusatztext God's Command is an outstanding defence of a version of divine command theory. ... the book is a major contribution to the discussions of divine command in both philosophical and theological ethics. Informationen zum Autor John E. Hare received his BA from Oxford University, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He then taught atLehigh University, with a couple of years on the staff of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington, DC.He then taught at Calvin College, and went to Yale in 2003, where he teaches in the Divinity School, thePhilosophy Department, the Religious Studies Department, and the Classics Department. He has written sixbooks, including The Moral Gap (OUP 1997) and God and Morality (Wiley-Blackwell 2009). Klappentext This work is an exploration of divine command theory, which is the theory that what makes something morally obligatory is that God commands it. Zusammenfassung This work is an exploration of divine command theory, which is the theory that what makes something morally obligatory is that God commands it.

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• Authors: John E. Hare, John E. (Noah Porter Professor of Philosophi Hare, Hare John E.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.2015
• EAN: 9780199602018
• ISBN: 978-0-19-960201-8
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics; Oxford Studies in Theological
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Christian life & practice, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Christian life and practice, RELIGION / Christian Living / General