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Reflections on philosophy and religion / Alan Donagan ; edited with an introduction by Anthony N. Perovich, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donagan, Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy and religion.
- Christianity--Philosophy.
- Christianity.
- Christian ethics.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 203 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- This book contains the collected papers of Alan Donagan on topics in the philosophy of religion. Donagan was respected as a leading figure in American moral philosophy. His untimely death in 1991 prevented him from collecting his philosophical reflections on religion, particularly Christianity, and its relation to ethics and other concerns. This collection, therefore, constitutes the fullest expression of Donagan's thought on Christianity and ethics, in which it is possible to discern the outlines of a coherent, overarching theory. Editor Anthony Perovich has supplied a useful introduction, which brings Donagan's work into focus and brings out the unifying themes in the essays.
- Contents:
- Editor's Introduction: Alan Donagan's Papers on Philosophy and Religion xi
- 1 Philosophy and the Possibility of Religious Orthodoxy 3
- 2 Can Anybody in a Post-Christian Culture Rationally Believe the Nicene Creed? 15
- 3 Spinoza's Theology 35
- 4 St. Thomas Aquinas on the Analysis of Human Action 67
- 5 Human Ends and Human Actions: An Exploration in St. Thomas's Treatment 81
- 6 The Scholastic Theory of Moral Law in the Modern World 99
- 7 Teleology and Consistency in Theories of Morality as Natural Law 109
- 8 Moral Absolutism and the Double Effect Exception: Reflections on Joseph Boyle's "Who Is Entitled to Double Effect?" 127
- 9 Common Morality and Kant's Enlightenment Project 139
- 10 On Developing a Contemporary Theistic Ethics 157
- 11 Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue 165
- 12 The Second Edition of Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue 173
- 13 Ethics and Theology: Two Lectures 181.
- Notes:
- Book is based on papers presented at various symposiums and colloquiums at different times.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195121325
- OCLC:
- 39169924
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