03493nam 2200721Ia 450 991095493590332120200520144314.0978143843594714384359409781441696830144169683010.1515/9781438435947(CKB)2550000000043838(OCoLC)741647237(CaPaEBR)ebrary10573951(SSID)ssj0000522469(PQKBManifestationID)11345568(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522469(PQKBWorkID)10539358(PQKB)11674589(MiAaPQ)EBC3407090(Au-PeEL)EBL3407090(CaPaEBR)ebr10573951(DE-B1597)684306(DE-B1597)9781438435947(Perlego)2673110(EXLCZ)99255000000004383820100802d2011 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrExistence and the good metaphysical necessity in morals and politics /Franklin I. GamwellAlbany State University of New York Pressc20111 online resource (222 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781438435930 1438435932 Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-202) and index.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 -- IndexMorals 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.EthicsTheismMetaphysicsReligion and ethicsDemocracyPhilosophyDemocracyReligious aspectsEthics.Theism.Metaphysics.Religion and ethics.DemocracyPhilosophy.DemocracyReligious aspects.171/.2Gamwell Franklin I974825MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954935903321Existence and the good4366600UNINA