God and Morality

A Philosophical History

John E. Hare (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2009
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-9598-0 (ISBN)

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Evaluates the ethical theories of four principle philosophers: Aristotle, Duns Scotus, Kant, and R.M. Hare. Uses their thinking as the basis for telling the story of the history and development of ethical thought more broadly. Focuses specifically on their writings on virtue, will, duty, and consequence.

God and Morality evaluates the ethical theories of four principle philosophers, Aristotle, Duns Scotus, Kant, and R.M. Hare.

Uses their thinking as the basis for telling the story of the history and development of ethical thought more broadly
Focuses specifically on their writings on virtue, will, duty, and consequence
Concentrates on the theistic beliefs to highlight continuity of philosophical thought

John E. Hare is Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University. His books include The Moral Gap (1996), God's Call (2001), and Why Bother Being Good? (2002). He has also written on Greek philosophy, international relations, Kant, evolutionary ethics, and biomedical ethics.

Introduction. 1. Aristotle.

The School of Athens.

The Protretpicus.

God and Nous in Nicomachean Ethics Book I.

The First Sentence of the Nicomachean Ethics.

Heading towards the Good Virtue.

Larry Arnhart.

2. Duns Scotus.

The Disputà.

Duns Scotus, Lectura.

The Two Affections of the Will.

Justice and God.

Scotus and Virtue.

Scotus and Particularity.

Jean-Paul Sartre.

3. Immanuel Kant.

The Time Between.

Kant, Lectures on Ethics (Collins).

The Groundwork.

The Critique of Practical Reason.

Religion.

Metaphysics of Morals.

Christine Korsgaard.

4. R. M. Hare.

The Time Between.

”An Essay on Monism”.

The Language of Morals.

Freedom and Reason.

Moral Thinking.

Peter Singer.

5. Combining the Theories.

The Goal of the Chapter.

Virtue Theory.

Command Theory.

Consequentialism.

Bibliography.

Index of Biblical References.

General Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.7.2009
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 231 mm
Gewicht	472 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	1-4051-9598-3 / 1405195983
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-9598-0 / 9781405195980
Zustand	Neuware