In Search of Moral Knowledge

Name: In Search of Moral Knowledge
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by R Scott Smith

eBook|Jun 2014

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For most of the church's history, people have seen Christian ethics as normative and universally applicable. Recently, however, this view has been lost, thanks to naturalism and relativism. R. Scott Smith argues that Christians need to overcome Kant's fact-value dichotomy...

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For Most Of The Church's History, People Have Seen Christian Ethics As Normative And Universally Applicable. Recently, However, This View Has Been Lost, Thanks To Naturalism And Relativism. R. Scott Smith Argues That Christians Need To Overcome Kant's Fact-value Dichotomy And Recover The Possibility Of Genuine Moral And Theological Knowledge.
Introduction
Part One: A Short History Of Western Ethics
1 Christian, Biblical Ethics
2 Ancient Ethics: Plato And Aristotle On Moral Knowledge
3 Moral Knowledge From Augustine Through Aquinas
4 Moral Knowledge In The Reformation And The Enlightenment Shift
Part Two: Naturalism, Relativism And Postmodernism: Understanding And Assessing Todays Dominant Moral Paradigms
5 Options For Naturalistic Ethics
6 Naturalism, Knowledge And The Fact-value Split
7: More Modern Options: Ethical Relativism, Rawlss Political Liberalism And Korsgaards Constructivism
8 Introduction To The Postmodern Period: A Plurality Of Different Voices
9 Macintyres Recovered Thomistic Ethics
10 Hauerwass Narrative Christian Ethics
11 Assessing Macintyres And Hauerwass Projects
Part Three: Toward A Theory Of Moral Knowledge
12 Moral Realism And Addressing The Crisis Of (moral) Knowledge
13 Religiously Based Moral Knowledgeand Final Issues
Index