God and Goodness - Couverture rigide

Rice, Hugh

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198250282 ISBN 13 : 9780198250289

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 2000

Synopsis

Hugh Rice explains why belief in God need not be seen as a strange or irrational kind of belief, but can be a natural extension of our ordinary ways of thinking. First he argues that it is rational to believe that the universe exists just because it is good that it should exist. Then he argues that we should conceive of God in an abstract way; in particular, we should understand God's willing something as consisting in its being good that that thing should be so. Together these arguments give reason to believe that the universe was created by God.

This abstract conception of God does justice both to the nature of goodness and to the idea that God is sovereign. In the course of arguing for it, Rice gives clear and non-technical discussions of such fascinating topics as the objectivity of value, the problem of evil, and the evidence for miracles. Anyone interested in the nature of God and the basis of religious belief will enjoy this book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Hugh Rice is Official Student and Tutor in Philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198250282
• ISBN 13: 9780198250289
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 158
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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