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God and Moral Obligation C. Stephen Evans (University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University)

God and Moral Obligation By C. Stephen Evans (University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University)

God and Moral Obligation by C. Stephen Evans (University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University)


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This book argues 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.

God and Moral Obligation Summary

God and Moral Obligation by C. Stephen Evans (University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University)

Is there a connection between religion and morality? Ivan Karamazov, in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, famously declares that if God does not exist, then "everything is permitted." Most philosophers reject such a view and hold that moral truths do not depend on God. C.Stephen Evans argues that the truth lies somewhere between these two claims. It is not quite right to say that there would be nothing left of morality if God did not exist, but moral obligations do depend on God ontologically. Such obligations are best understood as God's commands or requirements, communicated to humans in a variety of ways, including conscience. In God and Moral Obligation, Evans also argues that two views often thought to be rivals to a divine command morality, natural law ethics and virtue ethics, are not rivals at all but provide necessary complementary elements of a comprehensive morality. A number of objections to a divine command account of moral obligations are posed and answered. In the concluding chapters Evans points out the advantages such an account has over secular rivals. The authority and objectivity of moral obligations are best explained by seeing them as divine commands.

God and Moral Obligation Reviews

Evans is to be commended for having produced a valuable introduction to the topic of DCTs that also makes a significant contribution to the ongoing debate. ... The book will thus have strong appeal for students, and for many thoughtful people who are not professional philosophers as well as for those who are. * Mikel Burley, The Philosophical Quarterly *
God and Moral Obligation is a success in a number of respects. Evans writes clearly, even brightly, avoiding technical philosophical jargon whenever possible. He is admirably capacious in his readiness to bring together positions often deemed at odds with one another at the same time as he offers a vigorous defense of divine command theory against its challengers. * William Werpehowski, First Things *
Stephen Evans's superbly lucid book God and Moral Obligation provides one of the best overviews of the current debate on this matter that one could hope for. * John Cottingham, The TLS *
Evans has written a highly lucid and readable book * Terence Cuneo, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
This book is a painstaking analysis of the moral and philosophical arguments and counterarguments respecting the place of God in moral theory ... Recommended. * S.E. Forschler, CHOICE *

About C. Stephen Evans (University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University)

C. Stephen Evans is University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University.

Table of Contents

1. God and Moral Obligations ; 2. What Is a Divine Command Theory of Moral Obligation ; 3. The Relation of Divine Command Theory to Natural Law and Virtue Ethics ; 4. Objections to Divine Command Theory ; 5. Alternatives to a Divine Command Theory ; 6. Conclusions: The Inescapability of Moral Obligations

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GOR013941025
9780198715375
0198715374
God and Moral Obligation by C. Stephen Evans (University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2014-05-08
210
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