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Autore |
Adams Robert Merrihew |
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Titolo |
The virtue of faith and other essays in philosophical theology / / Robert Merrihew Adams |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1987 |
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1-280-43956-4 |
0-19-536478-3 |
1-4237-5842-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (283 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion - Philosophy |
Ethics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographies and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1 The Virtue of Faith; 2 Kierkegaard's Arguments Against Objective Reasoning in Religion; 3 The Leap of Faith; 4 Must God Create the Best?; 5 Existence, Self-interest, and the Problem of Evil; 6 Middle Knowledge and the Problem of Evil; 7 A Modified Divine Command Theory of Ethical Wrongness; 8 Autonomy and Theological Ethics; 9 Divine Command Metaethics Modified Again; 10 Moral Arguments for Theistic Belief; 11 Saints; 12 Pure Love; 13 Has It Been Proved That All Real Existence Is Contingent?; 14 Divine Necessity; 15 The Logical Structure of Anselm's Arguments; 16 Flavors, Colors, and God; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The author has been a leader in renewing philosophical respect for the idea that moral obligation may be founded on the command of God. This is a collection of his essays, two of them previously unpublished. |
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