Moral Absolutes
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Moral Absolutes
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Author : John Finnis
language : en
Publisher: CUA Press
Release Date : 1991
Moral Absolutes written by John Finnis and has been published by CUA Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Religion categories.
Moral Absolutes sets forth a vigorous but careful critique of much recent work in moral theology. It is illustrated with examples from the most controversial aspects of Christian moral doctrine, and a frank account is given of the roots of the upheaval in Roman Catholic moral theology in and after the 1960s.
The Necessity Of Ethical Absolutes
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Author : Erwin W. Lutzer
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Release Date : 1981
The Necessity Of Ethical Absolutes written by Erwin W. Lutzer and has been published by Zondervan Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Philosophy categories.
Moral Absolutes
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Author : William E. May
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Moral Absolutes written by William E. May and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Philosophy categories.
Moral Absolutes
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Author : Nicholas Rescher
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 1989
Moral Absolutes written by Nicholas Rescher and has been published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Philosophy categories.
The book defends the view that morality makes binding claims on all normal human beings, and that these claims are universal and invariable. Moral pluralism is conceded only in the application of the fixed fundamental principles in various contexts. Absoluteness is seen as characterizing the fundamental moral principles, while variability is a feature of subordinate rules. Accordingly, it is denied that it is possible for there to be alternative moralities, that is, moralities indifferent to the needs and interests of others - a denial whose grounding inheres in the very meaning of «morality».
A Refutation Of Moral Relativism
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Author : Peter Kreeft
language : en
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Release Date : 2009-12-04
A Refutation Of Moral Relativism written by Peter Kreeft and has been published by Ignatius Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-04 with Religion categories.
No issue is more fateful for civilization than moral relativism. History knows not one example of a successful society which repudiated moral absolutes. Yet most attacks on relativism have been either pragmatic (looking at its social consequences) or exhorting (preaching rather than proving), and philosophers' arguments against it have been specialized, technical, and scholarly. In his typical unique writing style, Peter Kreeft lets an attractive, honest, and funny relativist interview a "Muslim fundamentalist" absolutist so as not to stack the dice personally for absolutism. In an engaging series of personal interviews, every conceivable argument the "sassy Black feminist" reporter Libby gives against absolutism is simply and clearly refuted, and none of the many arguments for moral absolutism is refuted.
Relativism And Religion
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Author : Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2015-11-10
Relativism And Religion written by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-10 with Philosophy categories.
Moral relativism is deeply troubling for those who believe that, without a set of moral absolutes, democratic societies will devolve into tyranny or totalitarianism. Engaging directly with this claim, Carlo Invernizzi Accetti traces the roots of contemporary anti-relativist fears to the antimodern rhetoric of the Catholic Church and then rescues a form of philosophical relativism for modern, pluralist societies, arguing that this viewpoint provides the firmest foundation for an allegiance to democracy. In his analyses of the relationship between religious arguments and political authority and the implications of philosophical relativism for democratic theory, Accetti makes a far-ranging contribution to contemporary debates over the revival of religion in politics and the conceptual grounds for a commitment to democracy. He presents the first comprehensive genealogy of anti-relativist discourse and reclaims for English-speaking readers the overlooked work of Hans Kelsen on the connection between relativism and democracy. By engaging with contemporary attempts to replace the religious foundation of democratic values with a neo-Kantian conception of reason, Accetti also makes a powerful case for relativism as the best basis for a civic ethos that integrates different perspectives into democratic politics.
Absolutes In Moral Theology
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Author : Charles E. Curran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Absolutes In Moral Theology written by Charles E. Curran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Christian ethics categories.
Torture
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Author : Bev Clucas
language : en
Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Release Date : 2009
Torture written by Bev Clucas and has been published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Torture categories.
Not so long ago, the only respectable question for philosophical, legal, and political scholars to ask about torture was how to ensure its effective legal prohibition. Recently, however, some leading lawyers and legal theorists have challenged those who are absolutely opposed to torture, arguing that, in some circumstances, torture may be morally permissible or even required. This has provoked a range of responses, from outraged dismissal to cautious concessions that the law has to adjust to new realities. This volume contains writings by some of the leading contributors to these debates. Distinctively, it supplements the discussion about the morality of torture - and the morality of discussing torture - with essays which provide important legal, sociological, and historical analyses of this appalling human practice and of the attempts to control it. With an international and interdisciplinary authorship, Torture: Moral Absolutes and Ambiguities will be essential reading for legal and political theorists, philosophers, sociologists, historians, and indeed anybody interested in serious and informed thinking about this most disturbing phenomenon.
The Ethics Of Resistance
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Author : Drew M. Dalton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Ethics Of Resistance written by Drew M. Dalton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Ethical absolutism categories.
Opening a new debate on ethical reasoning after Kant, Drew Dalton addresses the problem of the absolute in ethical and political thought. Attacking the foundation of European philosophical morality, he critiques the idea that in order for ethical judgement to have any real power, it must attempt to discover and affirm some conception of the absolute good. Without rejecting the essential role the absolute plays within ethical reasoning, Dalton interrogates the assumed value of the absolute. Dalton brings some of the most influential contemporary philosophical traditions into dialogue with each other: speculative realists like Badiou and Meillassoux; phenomenologists, including Husserl, Heidegger, and Levinas; German Idealists, especially Kant and Schelling; psychoanalysts Freud and Lacan; and finally, post-structuralists, specifically Foucault, Ranciere, and Zizek. The relevance of these thinkers to concrete socio-political problems is shown through reflections on the Holocaust, suicide bombings, the rise of neo-liberalism and neo-nationalism, as well as rampant consumerism and racism. This book re-defines ethical reasoning as that which refuses absolutes and resists what Milton's devil in Paradise Lost called the "tyranny of heaven." Against traditional ethical reasoning, Dalton sees evil not as a moral failure, but as the result of an all too easy assent to the absolute; an assent which can only be countered through active resistance. For Dalton, resistance to the absolute is the sole channel through which the good can be defined
Torture
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Author : Bev Clucas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Torture written by Bev Clucas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Technology categories.
Not so long ago, the only respectable question for philosophical, legal, and political scholars to ask about torture was how to ensure its effective legal prohibition. Recently, however, some leading lawyers and legal theorists have challenged those who are absolutely opposed to torture, arguing that, in some circumstances, torture may be morally permissible or even required. This has provoked a range of responses, from outraged dismissal to cautious concessions that the law has to adjust to new realities. This volume contains writings by some of the leading contributors to these debates. Distinctively, it supplements the discussion about the morality of torture - and the morality of discussing torture - with essays which provide important legal, sociological, and historical analyses of this appalling human practice and of the attempts to control it. With an international and interdisciplinary authorship, Torture: Moral Absolutes and Ambiguities will be essential reading for legal and political theorists, philosophers, sociologists, historians, and indeed anybody interested in serious and informed thinking about this most disturbing phenomenon.