Multimedia Reference Religion Travel |
 Fact, Value, and God Fact, Value, and God 
 Description From The Publisher: In this lucid and persuasive work, respected philosopher Arthur F Holmes surveys the historical ways of grounding moral values objectively in the nature of reality, pausing along the way to consider such major landmarks in Western thought as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Ockham, the Reformers, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche. Unconvinced that we live in a value-free universe, that fact and value are ultimately unrelated, or that we have to create all our own values rather than discovering the good, Holmes here explores the fact-value connection in the larger context of metaphysical and theological views. What emerges is a pervasive and convincing link between religious and moral beliefs. Fact, Value, and God will prove valuable not only to students and teachers of philosophy but also to serious general readers seeking fresh insights into the history of ideas. Reviews Holmes traces the development of moral thinking from the Greeks to the present in terms of its acceptance or rejection of a relationship to God. While providing a clear and insightful look at the fundamental aspect of moral theory, he also supplies a very readable introduction to how ethical, metaphysical and religious views have affected one another. Choice Holmes has succeeded in making the history of ethics an engaging story. The book is noteworthy both for its inclusion of lesser-known figures and for its serious treatment of theological ideas, whether expressed by thinkers ordinarily classified as theologians or theologically minded philosophers . The book is highly readable and, accompanied by an appropriate anthology, would work well as a text for an undergraduate course in ethics. Ethics
 Reader's Index Send us your favorite quotes or passages from this book. About the Author Arthur F. Holmes is Professor emeritus of philosophy at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Table of Contents Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject 
  | |||||||
  Copyright ©1996-2006 CenturyOne Bookstore. All Rights Reserved. All prices subject to change and given in U.S. dollars. Your purchase from CenturyOne.com will assist the CenturyOne Foundation in providing funding for various archaeological and research projects which seek to provide more information about the period of the First Century C.E., the origins of Christianity and the world of the Bible in general. All materials contained in http://www.centuryone.com are protected by copyright and trademark laws and may not be used for any purpose whatsoever other than private, non-commercial viewing purposes. Derivative works and other unauthorized copying or use of stills, video footage, text or graphics is expressly prohibited. |
