The Death of Metaphysics; The Death of Culture Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Morality

The Death of Metaphysics; The Death of Culture Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Morality / edited by Mark J. Cherry.

The Latin root of the English word culture ties together both worship and the tilling of the soil. In each case, the focus is the same: a rightly-directed culture produces either a bountiful harvest or falls short of the mark, materially or spiritually. This volume critically explores the nature and...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cherry, Mark J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture, 12
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Epistemology.
Ethics.
Philosophy.
Religion—Philosophy.
Political philosophy.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Metaphysics and epistemology: the foundations of culture and morality
  • A ccepting God's Offer of Personal Communion in the Words and Deeds of Christ, Handed on in the Body of Christ, His Church
  • Whose Nature? Natural Law in a Pluralistic World
  • Intellectual Virtues and the Prospects of A Christian Epistemology
  • God Manifested in God's Works: The Knowledge of God in the Reformed Tradition
  • Holy Knowing: A Wesleyan Epistemology
  • Cultural variations and moral casuistry
  • Subversive Natural Law: MacIntyre and African-American Thought
  • Is there a Distinctive American Version of Natural Law?
  • Why did the Principle of Double Effect Appear in the West?
  • Applications and criticisms
  • How much Guidance can a Secular Natural Law Ethic Offer? A Study of Basic Human Goods in Ethical Decision-Making
  • On Women's Health Care: In Search of Nature and Norms
  • Toward an Inclusive Epistemology
  • A moral culture without metaphysics is empty
  • Using Natural Law to Guide Public Morality: The Blind Leading the Deaf
  • Ethical Life and the Natural Law: Hegel and the Limits of Morality.

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