Finite and Infinite Goods

A Framework for Ethics

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Ethics, Philosophy, Religious, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Author: Robert Merrihew Adams ISBN: 9780199880904
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: July 29, 1999
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Robert Merrihew Adams
ISBN: 9780199880904
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: July 29, 1999
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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