Finite and infinite goods

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.

Year

1999

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Editions

3

Pages

428

ISBN

9780195153712

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