On Philosophy Morality And Religion

Author : Professor William J Wainwright
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409476979
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Morality written by Professor William J Wainwright and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and Morality addresses central issues arising from religion's relation to morality. Part I offers a sympathetic but critical appraisal of the claim that features of morality provide evidence for the truth of religious belief. Part II examines divine command theories, objections to them, and positive arguments in their support. Part III explores tensions between human morality, as ordinarily understood, and religious requirements by discussing such issues as the conflict between Buddhist and Christian pacifism and requirements of justice, whether 'virtue' without a love of God is really a vice, whether the God of the Abrahamic religions could require us to do something that seems clearly immoral, and the ambiguous relations between religious mysticism and moral behavior. Covering a broad range of topics, this book draws on both historical and contemporary literature, and explores afresh central issues of morality and religion offering new insights for students, academics and the general reader interested in philosophy and religion.

Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584656647
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Philosophy, Morality, and Religion written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2007 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential general reader and course adoption anthology

Author : Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195337638
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morality Without God? written by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2009-07-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A common refrain against atheism and secular humanism is that without belief in God, "everything is permitted." Walter Sinnott-Armstrong dismantles this argument and argues instead that God is not only not essential to morality, but that our moral behavior should be seen as utterly independent of religion. This short, accessible book is on a major aspect of the arguments against atheism and will interest those intrigued by the "new atheism" (Harris, Dawkins, etc).

Author : Donald M. Broom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521529242
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Morality and Religion written by Donald M. Broom and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Author : John Cottingham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107019435
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Religion written by John Cottingham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, abstract intellectual argument meets ordinary human experience on matters such as the existence of God and the relation between religion and morality.

Author : Daniel Statman
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004463860
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Morality written by Daniel Statman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and Morality seeks to answer two fundamental questions regarding the relation between religion and morality. The first is the puzzle posed by Socrates, the so-called 'Euthyphro dilemma', which asks: is morality valuable by virtue of its intrinsic importance and worth, or is morality valuable because, and only because, God approves it and commands us to follow its dictates? The second question is raised by Kierkegaard in Fear and Trembling. He asks: Is a conflict between religion and morality possible? Does God ever demand that we neglect our moral commitments? The discussion on these questions is divided into three parts. In the first two parts, we discuss the idea that morality depends on religion. The authors distinguish two types of dependence: strong dependence, according to which the very existence, or validity, of moral obligations depends on God's command, and weak dependence, according to which though morality itself is independent of God, God (or belief in God) is necessary to enable human beings to know their moral duties and to carry them out. The authors reject the strong dependence thesis, as well as most versions of the weak dependence. The third part of the book discusses different versions of the view that religion might conflict with morality. The authors reject this view, and show that very few religious thinkers would follow it all the way through to its ultimate consequences. The book has implications for the philosophy of religion, in its emphasis on the centrality of the moral element in religion, and for moral philosophy, in its highlighting, among other things, of the nature of moral judgments.

Author : Harry J. Gensler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107052440
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethics and Religion written by Harry J. Gensler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops strong versions of divine command theory and natural law and defends the importance of God to morality.

Author : Anne Jeffrey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781108469449
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God and Morality written by Anne Jeffrey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element has two aims. The first is to discuss arguments philosophers have made about the difference God's existence might make to questions of general interest in metaethics. The second is to argue that it is a mistake to think we can get very far in answering these questions by assuming a thin conception of God, and to suggest that exploring the implications of thick theisms for metaethics would be more fruitful.

Author : R. Keith Loftin
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830863451
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God and Morality written by R. Keith Loftin and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is morality dependent upon belief in God? Is there more than one way for Christians to understand the nature of morality? Is there any agreement between Christians and atheists or agnostics on this heated issue? In God and Morality: Four Views four distinguished voices in moral philosophy ariticulate and defend their place in the current debate between naturalism and theism. Christian philosophers, Keith Yandell and Mark Linville and two self-identified atheist/agnostics, Evan Fales and Michael Ruse clearly and honestly represent their differing views on the nature of morality. Important differences as well as areas of overlap emerge as each contributor states their case, receives criticism from the others and responds. Of particular value for use as an academic text, these four essays and responses, covering the naturalist moral non-realist, naturalist moral realist, moral essentialist and moral particularist views, will foster critical thinking and contribute to the development of a well-informed position on this very important issue.

Author : D. Z. Phillips
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349135585
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Morality written by D. Z. Phillips and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflection on religion inevitably involves consideration of its relation to morality. When great evil is done to human beings, we may feel that something absolute has been violated. Can that sense, which is related to gratitude for existence, be expressed without religious concepts? Can we express central religious concerns, such as losing the self, while abandoning any religious metaphysic? Is moral obligation itself dependent on divine commands if it is to be objective, or is morality not only independent of religion, but its accuser if God is said to allow horrendous evils? In any case, what happens to the absolute claims of religion in what is, undeniably, a morally pluralistic world? These are the central questions discussed by philosophers of religion and moral philosophers in this collection. They do so in ways which bring new aspects to bear on these traditional issues.