Publication

1999 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

102,500 words, Guess

Page Count

410 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • LibraryThing335623

Classifications

  • DDC291.5
  • LCCBJ47 .A33 1999

Description

Can the nature of the good and the right be understood in terms of an ethical reality prior to human feelings, desires, and opinions? Is there a transcendent standard of value and obligation to which we may appeal from any merely human judgment? Is there an ideal of love for the good that can integrate a full appreciation of the very diverse types of value that are available to human choice? This book answers "yes" as it explores these questions and the relation between religion and ethics in the context of a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically based framework for ethics.

First Sentence

Thus Plato has Diotima introduce Socrates to the idea of a transcendent Beauty.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Finite and infinite goods: a framework for ethicsOxford University Press1999-01-01

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