LEADER 03493nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910954935903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781438435947 010 $a1438435940 010 $a9781441696830 010 $a1441696830 024 7 $a10.1515/9781438435947 035 $a(CKB)2550000000043838 035 $a(OCoLC)741647237 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10573951 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522469 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11345568 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522469 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10539358 035 $a(PQKB)11674589 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407090 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407090 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10573951 035 $a(DE-B1597)684306 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438435947 035 $a(Perlego)2673110 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000043838 100 $a20100802d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExistence and the good $emetaphysical necessity in morals and politics /$fFranklin I. Gamwell 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781438435930 311 08$a1438435932 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-202) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Metaphysics of Existence -- $tThe Metaphysics of Subjectivity -- $tThe Metaphysics of God and the World -- $tThe Metaphysics of Human Purpose -- $tThe Metaphysics of Democracy, Part 1 -- $tThe Metaphysics of Democracy, Part 2 -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aMorals 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. 606 $aEthics 606 $aTheism 606 $aMetaphysics 606 $aReligion and ethics 606 $aDemocracy$xPhilosophy 606 $aDemocracy$xReligious aspects 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aTheism. 615 0$aMetaphysics. 615 0$aReligion and ethics. 615 0$aDemocracy$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aDemocracy$xReligious aspects. 676 $a171/.2 700 $aGamwell$b Franklin I$0974825 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954935903321 996 $aExistence and the good$94366600 997 $aUNINA