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Finite and infinite goods : a framework for ethics / Robert Merrihew Adams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, (c)1999.Description: xiv, 410 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195128482
  • 9780195153712
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BJ47 .F565 1999
  • BJ47
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Contents:
The transcendence of the good -- Well-being and excellence -- The sacred and the bad -- Eros -- Grace -- Devotion -- Idolatry -- Symbolic value -- Obligation -- Divine commands -- Abraham's dilemma -- Vocation -- Politics and the good -- Revelation of the good -- Moral faith.
Review: "Can the nature of the good and the right be understood in terms of an ethical reality prior to human feelings, desires, and opinions? Is there a transcendent standard of value and obligation to which we may appeal from any merely human judgment? Is there an ideal of love for the good that can integrate a full appreciation of the very diverse types of value that are available to human choice?" "This book answers "yes" as it explores these questions and the relation between religion and ethics in the context of a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically based framework for ethics."--BOOK JACKET.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BJ47.A33 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001843412

God as the good -- The transcendence of the good -- Well-being and excellence -- The sacred and the bad -- Eros -- Grace -- Devotion -- Idolatry -- Symbolic value -- Obligation -- Divine commands -- Abraham's dilemma -- Vocation -- Politics and the good -- Revelation of the good -- Moral faith.

"Can the nature of the good and the right be understood in terms of an ethical reality prior to human feelings, desires, and opinions? Is there a transcendent standard of value and obligation to which we may appeal from any merely human judgment? Is there an ideal of love for the good that can integrate a full appreciation of the very diverse types of value that are available to human choice?" "This book answers "yes" as it explores these questions and the relation between religion and ethics in the context of a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically based framework for ethics."--BOOK JACKET.

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