An Essay on Divine Authority / / Mark C. Murphy.
In the first book wholly concerned with divine authority, Mark C. Murphy explores the extent of God's rule over created rational beings. The author challenges the view-widely supported by theists and nontheists alike-that if God exists, then humans must be bound by an obligation of obedience to...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM OF DIVINE AUTHORITY
- CHAPTER 1. What Divine Authority Is
- CHAPTER 2. The Compliance Thesis.
- CHAPTER 3. Divine Authority and Divine Perfection
- CHAPTER 4. Divine Command Metaethics and the Authority Thesis
- CHAPTER 5. Moral Arguments for the Authority Thesis
- CHAPTER 6. The Authority Thesis and Orthodox Christianity
- CHAPTER 7. A Solution to the Problem of Divine Authority
- Works Cited
- Index