1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBE600200058701

Autore

Colombo, Furio

Titolo

Mille Americhe / Furio Colombo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : Editrice La stampa, 1988

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 194 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Collana

Terza pagina ; 6

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954935903321

Autore

Gamwell Franklin I

Titolo

Existence and the good : metaphysical necessity in morals and politics / / Franklin I. Gamwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

9781438435947

1438435940

9781441696830

1441696830

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

171/.2

Soggetti

Ethics

Theism

Metaphysics

Religion and ethics

Democracy - Philosophy

Democracy - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Metaphysics of Existence -- The Metaphysics of Subjectivity -- The Metaphysics of God and the World -- The Metaphysics of Human Purpose -- The Metaphysics of Democracy, Part 1 -- The Metaphysics of Democracy, Part 2 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Morals and politics depend on a metaphysical backing. All reality is marked by certain necessary features and a divine purpose inherent in all reality defines the good to which all human life should be directed.These are bold assertions in a climate where the credibility of metaphysics is widely denied. Indeed, for the past two centuries, Western philosophy has been marked by a consensus that questions about moral and political life should be considered separately from questions about ultimate reality. In this challenging work, Franklin I. Gamwell defends metaphysical necessity against both modern and postmodern critiques. The metaphysics vindicated is not the traditional form both critiques typically have in view, however. Instead, Gamwell outlines a neoclassical project for which Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne are the main philosophical resources. As it maintains the significance of theistic metaphysics, the book makes no appeal to religious authority but solely to common human experience, and on this basis articulates principles of human purpose and democratic justice.