God and moral obligation
By: C. Stephen Evans
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780199696680
Subjects: Religion; Divine commands (Ethics); Begründung; Religion and ethics; Ethik; Gott
Other titles: God & moral obligation
Description: C. Stephen Evans defends the claim that moral obligations are best understood as divine commands or requirements; hence an important part of morality depends on God. God's requirements are communicated in a variety of ways, including conscience, and that natural law ethics and virtue ethics provide complementary perspectives to this view.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-193) and index.
Table of contents: title: God and moral obligations; title: What is a divine command theory of moral obligation?; title: The relation of divine command theory to natural law and virtue ethics; title: Objections to divine command theory; title: Alternatives to a divine command theory; title: Conclusions : The inescapability of moral obligations.