Existence and the good
Subtitle: metaphysical necessity in morals and politics
By: Franklin I. Gamwell
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781438435930
Description: In this work, the author defends metaphysical necessity against both modern and postmodern critiques. The metaphysics vindicated is not the traditional form both critiques typically have in view, however. Instead, he outlines a neoclassical project for which Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne are the main philosophical resources. As it maintains the significance of theistic metaphysics, the book makes no appeal to religious authority but solely to common human experience, and on this basis articulates principles of human purpose and democratic justice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.