God and Moral Obligation
Is there a connection between religion and morality? Ivan Karamazov, in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, famously declares that if God does not exist, then everything is permitted. Most philosophers reject such a view and hold that moral truths do not depend on God. C.Stephen Evans argues that the truth lies somewhere between these two claims. It is not quite right to say that there would be nothing left of morality if God did not exist, but moral obligationsdo depend on God ontologically. Such obligations are best understood as God's commands or requirements, communicated to humans in a variety of ways, including conscience.In God and Mo…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-164873-1
- EAN: 9780191648731
- Produktnummer: 14822306
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'259 KB
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C. Stephen Evans is University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University.
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