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God and Cosmos
Baggett, David; Walls, Jerry L.
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Description for God and Cosmos
Paperback. God and Cosmos provides a four-fold moral argument for God's existence that is cumulative, abductive, and teleological. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Naturalistic ethics is the reigning paradigm among contemporary ethicists; in God and Cosmos, Baggett and Walls argue that this approach is seriously flawed. This book canvasses a broad array of secular and naturalistic ethical theories in an effort to test their adequacy in accounting for moral duties, intrinsic human value, prospects for radical moral transformation, and the rationality of morality. In each case, the authors argue, although various secular accounts provide real insights and indeed share common ground with theistic ethics, the resources of classical theism and orthodox Christianity provide the better explanation of the moral realities under consideration. Among ... Read more
Naturalistic ethics is the reigning paradigm among contemporary ethicists; in God and Cosmos, Baggett and Walls argue that this approach is seriously flawed. This book canvasses a broad array of secular and naturalistic ethical theories in an effort to test their adequacy in accounting for moral duties, intrinsic human value, prospects for radical moral transformation, and the rationality of morality. In each case, the authors argue, although various secular accounts provide real insights and indeed share common ground with theistic ethics, the resources of classical theism and orthodox Christianity provide the better explanation of the moral realities under consideration. Among ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199931217
SKU
V9780199931217
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About Baggett, David; Walls, Jerry L.
David Baggett is a professor of philosophy and apologetics in the graduate school of the School of Divinity at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He has written or edited about ten books, in such areas as philosophy and popular culture, apologetics, and ethics; and published several dozen articles in the philosophy of religion, epistemology, and theology. He is the executive ... Read more
Reviews for God and Cosmos
"Baggett and Walls provide a veritable history of ethical philosophy as they develop and support their thesis. The number of scholars cited-ancient, enlightenment, and modern-is impressive "
CHOICE "This is the book I had hoped they would write after Good God. Their previous book was mostly constructing their own theory, but God and Cosmos engages in significant detail with ... Read more
CHOICE "This is the book I had hoped they would write after Good God. Their previous book was mostly constructing their own theory, but God and Cosmos engages in significant detail with ... Read more