C. Stephen Evans explains and defends Kierkegaard's account of moral obligations as rooted in God's commands, the fundamental command being `You shall love your neighbour as yourself'. The work will be of interest not only to those interested in Kierkegaard, but also to those interested in the relation between ethics and religion, especially questions about whether morality can or must have a religious foundation. As well as providing a comprehensive reading of Kierkegaard as an ethical thinker, Evans puts him into conversation with contemporary moral theorists. Kierkegaard's divine command theory is shown to be an account that safeguards human flourishing, as well as protecting the proper relations between religion and state in a pluralistic society.
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`Recently,...Oxford University Press has published a handful of of remarkable books about Kierkegaard: by M. Jamie Ferreira, David R. Law, Stephen Mulhall, Murray Rae and Anthony Rudd, to which this makes a fine addition.' New Blackfriars
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C. Stephen Evans is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University.
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C Stephen Evans is a University Professor at Baylor University. He has published many books dealing with Kierkegaard, philosophy of religion, philosophy of psychology, and theology.
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spoiled pagan, such natural loves, divine command account, objective moral obligations, deluded pagan, divine command theory, single true morality, rational bargain, pseudonymous character, human nature theory, divine command morality, infinite resignation, relative concession, ethical task, humanistic character, deepest happiness, ideal agreement, preferential love, divine command theories, hypothetical agreement, moral gap Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Works of Love, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Johannes Climacus, New York, Johannes de Silentio, Robert Adams, John Hare, Soren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death, New Testament, Oxford University Press, Philip Quinn, Upbuilding Discourses, Various Spirits, Jamie Ferreira, Notre Dame, Love's Grateful Striving, Gilbert Harman, Indiana University Press, After Virtue, Philosophical Fragments, Primacy of God's Will, Robert Roberts, United States, Darwinian Natural Right New!
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Works of Love, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Johannes Climacus, New York, Johannes de Silentio, Robert Adams, John Hare, Soren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death, New Testament, Oxford University Press, Philip Quinn, Upbuilding Discourses, Various Spirits, Jamie Ferreira, Notre Dame, Love's Grateful Striving, Gilbert Harman, Indiana University Press, After Virtue, Philosophical Fragments, Primacy of God's Will, Robert Roberts, United States, Darwinian Natural Right New!
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- Works of Love : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 16 by Søren Kierkegaard on 49 pages
- Fear and Trembling (Penguin Classics) by Soren Kierkegaard on 32 pages
- Johannes Climacus by Søren Kierkegaard on 19 pages
- The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition For Upbuilding And Awakening (Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 19) (v. 19) by Soren Kierkegaard on 15 pages
- Purity of Heart: Is To Will One Thing (Harper Torchbooks) by Soren Kierkegaard on 14 pages
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