Truth and faith in ethics / edited by Hayden Ramsay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramsay, Hayden.

Series:

St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs.

St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter : Imprint Academic, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This addition to the St Andrews Studies series contains a wide-ranging collection of essays on all aspects of moral philosophy and its impact upon public life in the twent-first century. The book brings together ethicists from a variety of traditions interested in moral truth and its relation to religious faith. A key theme is interaction between major Catholic thinkers with philosophers from non-religious traditions. Topics include reason and religion, natural law, God and morality, anti-co...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Contributors; Truth and Faith in Ethics; Editorial Introduction; Faith in Reason: The Unity of the Right, the Good and the Good Life; Morality with and without God; Religion in Public Life; Public Reason in Bioethics; Contemporary Moral Philosophy and Happiness; Ethical Naturalism and the Challenge of Biology; Happiness, Virtue and Religious Commitments; For Cause or Comrade; Ethics, Philosophy and Love; Friendship, Poignancy and Paradox; In Defence of Villey on Objective Right; Natural Law

Reason, Revelation, Universality and ParticularityBack Matter; Appendix. Is God necessary for Morality? An Exchange; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613445391

9781283445399

1283445395

9781845402969

1845402960

OCLC:

745866975