Existence and the Good

Metaphysical Necessity in Morals and Politics

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvFranklin I. Gamwell,Franklin I Gamwell

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Argues that morals and politics require on a metaphysical backing and proposes a neoclassical metaphysics.Morals and politics depend on a metaphysical backing. All reality is marked by certain necessary features and a divine purpose inherent in all reality defines the good to which all human life should be directed.These are bold assertions in a climate where the credibility of metaphysics is widely denied. Indeed, for the past two centuries, Western philosophy has been marked by a consensus that questions about moral and political life should be considered separately from questions about ultimate reality. In this challenging work, Franklin I. Gamwell defends metaphysical necessity against both modern and postmodern critiques. The metaphysics vindicated is not the traditional form both critiques typically have in view, however. Instead, Gamwell outlines a neoclassical project for which Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne are the main philosophical resources. As it maintains the significance of theistic metaphysics, the book makes no appeal to religious authority but solely to common human experience, and on this basis articulates principles of human purpose and democratic justice.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-01-02
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt308 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor219
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438435923

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PrefaceIntroduction1. The Metaphysics of ExistenceThe Western BackgroundThe Necessity of ExistenceThe Task of Metaphysics2. The Metaphysics of SubjectivityTotality and MeaningTotality Is Prior to Meaning3. The Metaphysics of God and the WorldFinal Real ThingsThe Divine IndividualGod and the World4. The Metaphysics of Human PurposeDecision for a Self-UnderstandingThe Comprehensive GoodHuman PurposesThe Good of Human Rights5. The Metaphysics of Democracy, Part 1IntroductionDemocracy without MetaphysicsDemocracy without Metaphysics: A Critique6. The Metaphysics of Democracy, Part 2The Principle of Communicative RespectConstitutional Principles of JusticeDemocracy and Substantive JusticeDemocracy and the Comprehensive GoodNotesWorks CitedIndex