Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe

Name: Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe
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ISBN: 9780521607841

ISBN-10: 0521607841

ISBN-13: 9780521607841

Edition: 2005

Authors: Erik J. Wielenberg

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'Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe' is a tour of some of the central landmarks of this under-explored territory.

Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/7/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 204
Size: 6.14" wide x 8.98" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



God and the Meaning of Life



The meanings of life



Four arguments that life lacks internal meaning without God



Richard Taylor's way out: creating your own meaning



Peter Singer's way out: meaning through eliminating pain



Aristotle's way out: intrinsically good activity



God and Morality



God as the omnipotent creator of ethics



Criticism of the strong position



Criticism of the weak position



An alternative account



God as divine commander



The Divine Guarantee of Perfect Justice



Why be moral?



First answer: because morality and self-interest coincide



Second answer: because you ought to



The divine guarantee of perfect justice and Kant's moral argument



Divine justice, self-sacrifice, and moral absurdity



Absolute evil and moral faith



Where we are now



Ethical Character in a Godless Universe



A new assumption



The fall of man: pride and disobedience



Humility, Christian and naturalistic



From humility to charity



Hope and heroism



Moral education and science



Creeds to Live By



To believe or not to believe?



A creed we can live by?


Notes


References