God's Command
Series: Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 4 October 2018
- ISBN 9780198829843
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 235x155x20 mm
- Weight 504 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This work is an exploration of divine command theory, which is the theory that what makes something morally obligatory is that God commands it.
MoreLong description:
This work focuses on divine command, and in particular the theory that what makes something obligatory is that God commands it, and what makes something wrong is that God commands us not to do it. Focusing on the Abrahamic faiths, eminent scholar John E. Hare explains that two experiences have had to be integrated. The first is that God tells us to do something, or not to do something. The second is that we have to work out ourselves what to do and what not to do. The difficulty has come in establishing the proper relation between them. In Christian reflection on this, two main traditions have emerged, divine command theory and natural law theory.
Hare successfully defends a version of divine command theory, but also shows that there is considerable overlap with some versions of natural law theory. He engages with a number of Christian theologians, particularly Karl Barth, and extends into a discussion of divine command within Judaism and Islam. The work concludes by examining recent work in evolutionary psychology, and argues that thinking of our moral obligations as produced by divine command offers us some help in seeing how a moral conscience could develop in a way that is evolutionarily stable.
The book is incredibly rich in scope and ambition, canvassing just about every major philosophical issue that arises in connection with divine commands. In the process Hare discusses a dizzying array of thinkers who have reflected on relevant issues, critiquing many of them with insights both trenchant and penetrating. The net effect is an impressive and comprehensive articulation and defense of divine command theory.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Morality and Religion
What is a Divine Command?
Eudaimonism
Can We Deduce Morality from Human Nature?
Barth on Divine Command
Divine Command in Some Medieval Islamic Thinkers
Divine Command in Some Recent Jewish Thinkers
Divine Command and Evolutionary Psychology
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