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Divine motivation theory / Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: xvii, 410 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521828805
  • 9780521828802
  • 052153576X
  • 9780521535762
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 241 Z18D 22
LOC classification:
  • BJ1251 .Z34 2004
Contents:
Motivation-based virtue ethics. Constructing an ethical theory ; Making emotion primary ; Goods and virtues ; Acts and obligation -- Divine motivation theory. The virtues of God ; The moral importance of the incarnation ; The paradoxes of perfect goodness ; The problem of evil -- Ethical pluralism. Ideal observers, ideal agents, and moral diversity
Summary: Because she is widely regarded in the field of contemporary philosophy of religion, Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski's latest book will be a major contribution to ethical theory and theological ethics. At the core of her work lies a new form of virtue theory based on the emotions. Distinct from deontological, consequentialist and teleological virtue theories, this theory has a particular theological Christian foundation
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 241 Z18D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 064605

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-404) and index

Motivation-based virtue ethics. Constructing an ethical theory ; Making emotion primary ; Goods and virtues ; Acts and obligation -- Divine motivation theory. The virtues of God ; The moral importance of the incarnation ; The paradoxes of perfect goodness ; The problem of evil -- Ethical pluralism. Ideal observers, ideal agents, and moral diversity

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Because she is widely regarded in the field of contemporary philosophy of religion, Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski's latest book will be a major contribution to ethical theory and theological ethics. At the core of her work lies a new form of virtue theory based on the emotions. Distinct from deontological, consequentialist and teleological virtue theories, this theory has a particular theological Christian foundation

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