God, modality, and morality

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William E. Mann presents a philosophically defensible conception of the deity found in the Abrahamic religions. The book draws insights from such figures as Augustine, Philo, Aquinas, Leibniz, and contemporary philosophers. Unlike all other beings, God is perfect and simple. Simplicity entails that God has no physical or metaphysical parts or temporal stages. Perfection entails that God is immutable, omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good, having no equals or weaknesses. The book's chapters…

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Full title :God, modality, and morality / William E. Mann.

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Publication Date:©2015

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York, New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

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Includes index.

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Description:1 online resource (380 pages)

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ISBN:9780199370771, 019937077X
oclc:ocn908059875
LC Classification:BT40
Dewey Decimal:212

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Permissions""; ""Introduction""; ""SECTION I: GOD""; ""1. The Divine Attributes""; ""2. Divine Simplicity""; ""3. Simplicity and Immutability in God""; ""4. Immutability and Predication What Aristotle Taught Philo and Augustine""; ""5. Epistemology Supernaturalized""; ""6. Divine Sovereignty and Aseity""; ""7. Omnipresence, Hiddenness, and Mysticism""; ""SECTION II: MODALITY""; ""8. Necessity""; ""9. Modality, Morality, and God""; ""10. Godâ€?s Freedom, Human Freedom, and Godâ€?s Responsibility for Sin""; ""11. The Best of All Possible Worlds""

""SECTION III: MORALITY""""12. Theism and the Foundations of Ethics""; ""13. The Metaphysics of Divine Love""; ""14. Jephthahâ€?s Plight Moral Dilemmas and Theism""; ""15. The Guilty Mind""; ""16. Piety Lending a Hand to Euthyphro""; ""17. Hope""; ""Index""