The normativity of the natural human goods, human virtues, and human flourishing

Western philosophy has long nurtured the hope to resolve moral controversies through reason; thereby to secure moral direction and human meaning without the need for a defining encounter with God or the transcendent. The expectation is for a moral rationality that is universal and able adequately to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cherry, Mark J. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Dodrecht] : Springer 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Philosophical studies in contemporary culture ; v. 16.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Normativity of the Natural: Can Philosophers Pull Morality Out of the Magic Hat of Human Nature?
  • The Normativity of the Natural: Can Philosophers Pull Morality Out of the Magic Hat of Human Nature?
  • Thomistic Foundations: Natural Law Theory, Synderesis and Practical Reason
  • Human Nature and Its Limits
  • Synderesis, Law, and Virtue
  • Human Nature and Moral Goodness
  • Natural Law for Teaching Ethics: An Essential Tool and Not a Seamless Web
  • Human Goods and Human Flourishing: Revitalizing a Fallen Moral Culture
  • Quid Ipse Sis Nosse Desisti
  • Preparation for the Cure
  • Diagnosing Cultural Progress and Decline
  • The Malleability of Human Nature
  • Reflections on Secular Foundationalism and Our Human Future
  • Nature as Second Nature: Plasticity and Habit
  • The Posthumanist Challenge to a Partly Naturalized Virtue Ethics
  • The Challenge of Deriving an Ought from an Is
  • Can Moral Norms Be Derived from Nature? The Incompatibility of Natural Scientific Investigation and Moral Norm Generation
  • Moral Acquaintances and Natural Facts in the Darwinian Age.