Value and Virtue in a Godless UniverseCambridge University Press, 7 февр. 2005 г. - Всего страниц: 193 Suppose there is no God. This might imply that human life is meaningless, that there are no moral obligations and hence people can do whatever they want, and that the notions of virtue and vice and good and evil have no place. Erik J. Wielenberg believes this view to be mistaken and in this book he explains why. He argues that even if God does not exist, human life can have meaning, we do have moral obligations, and virtue is possible. Naturally, the author sees virtue in a Godless universe as different from virtue in a Christian universe, and he develops naturalistic accounts of humility, charity, and hope. The moral landscape in a Godless universe is different from the moral landscape in a Christian universe, but it does indeed exist. Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe is a tour of some of the central landmarks of this under-explored territory. |
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... , I do not believe this is necessary for my purposes. I think our intuitive grasp of the sorts of entities that might reasonably be characterized as supernatural is sufficiently clear and includes the God Introduction.
... , I do not believe this is necessary for my purposes. I think our intuitive grasp of the sorts of entities that might reasonably be characterized as supernatural is sufficiently clear and includes the God Introduction.
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... Thisis because manyof these philosophical arguments fail to provideany reason at all for believingthatan omnipotent,omniscient creator ofthe universe also would be morallyperfect. The two exceptions ofwhichIam aware arethe ontological ...
... Thisis because manyof these philosophical arguments fail to provideany reason at all for believingthatan omnipotent,omniscient creator ofthe universe also would be morallyperfect. The two exceptions ofwhichIam aware arethe ontological ...
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... Thisis wherethe second kind ofargument enters the picture. The secondkindof argument isahistorical argumentfor thetruth of the Christian claims aboutJesus. This kindof argument isbased on variousbitsof empirical evidence, including, for ...
... Thisis wherethe second kind ofargument enters the picture. The secondkindof argument isahistorical argumentfor thetruth of the Christian claims aboutJesus. This kindof argument isbased on variousbitsof empirical evidence, including, for ...
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... is sometimescalled “Karamazov's Thesis” after someremarks by Alyosha Karamazov in Dostoevsky's novel The BrothersKaramazov. This is the claim thatif God does not exist, then all actions are morally permissible. I argue that.
... is sometimescalled “Karamazov's Thesis” after someremarks by Alyosha Karamazov in Dostoevsky's novel The BrothersKaramazov. This is the claim thatif God does not exist, then all actions are morally permissible. I argue that.
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... . Another way of putting this is to say that earlier chapters are concernedwith the existence ofethics without God, whereas laterchapters areconcerned with thenature of ethics without God. ONE GOD AND THE MEANING OF LIFE 1.1 THE MEANINGS.
... . Another way of putting this is to say that earlier chapters are concernedwith the existence ofethics without God, whereas laterchapters areconcerned with thenature of ethics without God. ONE GOD AND THE MEANING OF LIFE 1.1 THE MEANINGS.
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God and the Meaning of Life | |
God and Morality | |
The Divine Guarantee of Perfect Justice | |
Ethical Characterin a GodlessUniverse 4 1 A New Assumption | |
Notes | |
References | |
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