Divine Motivation Theory

Informationen zum Autor Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski is Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. Klappentext At the core of the book lies a new form of virtue theory based on emotions. Zusammenfassung At the core of this book lies a form of virtue theory based on the emotions. Distinct from deontological! consequentialist and teleological virtue theories! this one has a particular theological! indeed Christian! foundation. This book will be sought out by professionals and graduate students in philosophy and religious studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Motivation-Based Virtue Ethics: 1. Constructing an ethical theory; 2. Making emotion primary; 3. Goods and virtues; 4. Acts and obligation; Part II. Divine Motivation Theory: 5. The virtues of God; 6. The moral importance of the incarnation; 7. The paradoxes of perfect goodness; 8. The problem of evil; Part III. Ethical Pluralism: 9. Ideal observers, ideal agents, and moral diversity.

Autorentext
Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski is Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma.

Zusammenfassung
At the core of this book lies a form of virtue theory based on the emotions. Distinct from deontological, consequentialist and teleological virtue theories, this one has a particular theological, indeed Christian, foundation. This book will be sought out by professionals and graduate students in philosophy and religious studies.

Inhalt

Part I. Motivation-Based Virtue Ethics: 1. Constructing an ethical theory; 2. Making emotion primary; 3. Goods and virtues; 4. Acts and obligation; Part II. Divine Motivation Theory: 5. The virtues of God; 6. The moral importance of the incarnation; 7. The paradoxes of perfect goodness; 8. The problem of evil; Part III. Ethical Pluralism: 9. Ideal observers, ideal agents, and moral diversity.