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God and the grounding of morality /

These essays make a single central claim: that human beings can still make sense of their lives and still have a humane morality, even if their worldview is utterly secular and even if they have lost the last vestige of belief in God. ""Even in a self-consciously Godless world life can be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nielsen, Kai, 1926-2021 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa [Ont.] : University of Ottawa Press, ©1991.
Colección:Collection Philosophica ; 41.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction; CHAPTER 1 God and the Good: Does Morality Need Religion?; CHAPTER 2 Hobbesist and Humean Alternatives to a Religious Morality; CHAPTER 3 An Examination of the Thomistic Theory of Natural Moral Law; CHAPTER 4 The Myth of Natural Law; CHAPTER 5 On Taking Human Nature as the Basis of Morality: An Exercise in Linguistic Analysis; CHAPTER 6 Scepticism and Human Rights; CHAPTER 7 On Human Rights; CHAPTER 8 Grounding Rights and a Method of Reflective Equilibrium; CHAPTER 9 On Sticking with Secular Morality; CHAPTER 10 Politics and Theology: Do We Need a Political Theology?