03021nam 2200601Ia 450 991045572580332120200520144314.01-280-47211-197866104721160-19-802947-00-585-36123-1(CKB)111004366530228(StDuBDS)AH24085320(SSID)ssj0000155253(PQKBManifestationID)11158278(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155253(PQKBWorkID)10121339(PQKB)11023901(MiAaPQ)EBC3052095(Au-PeEL)EBL3052095(CaPaEBR)ebr10142478(CaONFJC)MIL47211(OCoLC)922952681(EXLCZ)9911100436653022819980623d1999 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFinite and infinite goods[electronic resource] a framework for ethics /Robert Merrihew AdamsNew York Oxford University Press19991 online resource (xiv, 410 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-512848-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-400) and index.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.Robert Adams gives a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically-based framework for ethics. He draws on over 20 years of his published work to create this overarching framework, which is based upon the idea of a transcendent, infinite good, which is God, and its relation to the many finite examples of good in our experience.Renowned scholar Robert Adams explores the relation between religion and ethics through a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically-based framework for ethics. Adams' framework begins with the good rather than the right, and with excellence rather than usefulness. He argues that loving the excellent, of which adoring God is a clear example, is the most fundamental aspect of a life well lived. Developing his original and detailed theory, Adams contends that devotion, the sacred, grace, martyrdom, worship, vocation, faith, and other concepts drawn from religious ethics have been sorely overlooked in moral philosophy and can enrich the texture of ethical thought.Religion and ethicsEthicsElectronic books.Religion and ethics.Ethics.291.5Adams Robert Merrihew166641MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455725803321Finite and infinite goods2248334UNINA