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1 online resource (230 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Introduction; CHAPTER 1 God and the Good: Does Morality Need Religion?; CHAPTER 2 Hobbesist and Humean Alternatives to a Religious Morality; CHAPTER 3 An Examination of the Thomistic Theory of Natural Moral Law; CHAPTER 4 The Myth of Natural Law; CHAPTER 5 On Taking Human Nature as the Basis of Morality: An Exercise in Linguistic Analysis; CHAPTER 6 Scepticism and Human Rights; CHAPTER 7 On Human Rights; CHAPTER 8 Grounding Rights and a Method of Reflective Equilibrium; CHAPTER 9 On Sticking with Secular Morality; CHAPTER 10 Politics and Theology: Do We Need a Political Theology? |
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CHAPTER 11 God and the Basis of MoralityIndex. |
| Summary |
These essays make a single central claim: that human beings can still make sense of their lives and still have a humane morality, even if their worldview is utterly secular and even if they have lost the last vestige of belief in God. "Even in a self-consciously Godless world life can be fully meaningful," Nielsen contends. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Religion and ethics.
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Religion and ethics. |
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Natural law.
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Natural law. |
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Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Human rights. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Nielsen, Kai. God and the Grounding of Morality. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, ©1997 9780776603285 |
| ISBN |
9780776616032 (electronic book) |
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077661603X (electronic book) |
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