Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for EthicsOxford University Press, 2002 - 410 pàgines Renowned scholar Robert Adams explores the relation between religion and ethics through a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically-based framework for ethics. Adams' framework begins with the good rather than the right, and with excellence rather than usefulness. He argues that loving the excellent, of which adoring God is a clear example, is the most fundamental aspect of a life well lived. Developing his original and detailed theory, Adams contends that devotion, the sacred, grace, martyrdom, worship, vocation, faith, and other concepts drawn from religious ethics have been sorely overlooked in moral philosophy and can enrich the texture of ethical thought. |
Continguts
Introduction | 3 |
THE NATURE OF THE GOOD | 11 |
LOVING THE GOOD | 129 |
THE GOOD AND THE RIGHT | 229 |
THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF VALUE | 351 |
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Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics Robert Merrihew Adams Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics Robert Merrihew Adams Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics Robert Merrihew Adams Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
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