| Finite and Infinite Goods: A Framework for Ethics Contributor(s): Adams, Robert Merrihew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195153715 ISBN-13: 9780195153712 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Religion | Ethics - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 291.5 |
| LCCN: 98029122 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Series: Framework for Ethics |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.12" W x 9.24" (1.32 lbs) 424 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Renowned scholar Robert Adams explores the relation between religion and ethics through a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically-based framework for ethics. Adams' framework begins with the good rather than the right, and with excellence rather than usefulness. He argues that loving the excellent, of which adoring God is a clear example, is the most fundamental aspect of a life well lived. Developing his original and detailed theory, Adams contends that devotion, the sacred, grace, martyrdom, worship, vocation, faith, and other concepts drawn from religious ethics have been sorely overlooked in moral philosophy and can enrich the texture of ethical thought. |