God and Value Judgments

Humans continually make judgments that some things have more value than others. Plausibly, it is largely through our value judgments that God intends to guide us in setting priorities and goals. This Element surveys leading accounts of what value judgments are exactly. It then explores the particular values we are apparently sensitive to when making two judgments endemic to human life: about what makes a life good, and about who deserves a good life. Connections are made between differing analyses of human value judgments and views about God's character and the goals God is prompting us to pursue.

List of contents

1. Could value judgments be communications from god?; 2. Judgments and the role of intuition; 3. Judgments about the good life; 4. Judgments about who deserves a good life; References.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Kinghorn, Kevin (Asbury Theological Seminary) Kinghorn, Kinghorn Kevin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781009475846
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0947584-6
• No. of pages: 72
• Series: Elements in the Problems of God
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Philosophy, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Psychology: emotions, Nature & existence of God, Cognitive studies, Cognitive Science, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine