God & Morality: Four Views (Spectrum Multiview Books)
Overview
Is morality dependent upon belief in God? Is there more than one way for Christians to understand the nature of morality? Is there any agreement between Christians and atheists or agnostics on this heated issue? In God and Morality: Four Views four distinguished voices in moral philosophy articulate and defend their place in the current debate between naturalism and theism. Christian philosophers Keith Yandell and Mark Linville and two self-identified atheist/agnostics, Evan Fales and Michael Ruse, clearly and honestly represent their differing views on the nature of morality. Important differences as well as areas of overlap emerge as each contributor states their case, receives criticism from the others and responds. Of particular value for use as an academic text, these four essays and responses, covering the naturalist moral non-realist, naturalist moral realist, moral essentialist and moral particularist views, will foster critical thinking and contribute to the development of a well-informed position on this very important issue.
Top Highlights
“naturalism to involve, minimally, a commitment to there being no disembodied minds. More robustly, we may take” (Page 14)
“asks whether something is good because God approves of it, or if God approves of something because it is good” (Page 8)
“God’s nature that is the standard for morality. Our moral obligations toward one another, then, arise from our being created in the divine image.” (Page 10)
“God does not exist, Fales argues in ‘Naturalist Moral Realism’ that moral principles are objective in nature.” (Page 10)
“morality? and, Can a person lead a morally praiseworthy life without believing in God?” (Page 8)
- Title: God & Morality: Four Views
- Author: R. Keith Loftin
- Series: Spectrum Multiview Books
- Publisher: IVP Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian ethics; Ethics
- ISBNs: 9780830863457, 9780830839841, 0830863451, 0830839844
- Resource ID: LLS:GDMRLTYFRVWS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:12:29Z