Thomas Holden

Spectres of False Divinity

Hume's Moral Atheism

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Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Holden presents a historical and critical interpretation of Hume's rejection of the existence of a deity with moral attributes. Hume's 'moral atheism' is a central plank both of his naturalistic agenda in metaphysics and his secularizing program in moral theory. It threatens to rule out any religion that would make claims on moral practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780199579945
• ISBN-10: 0199579946
• Artikelnr.: 28950462

Autorenporträt

Thomas Holden is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of The Architecture of Matter: Galileo to Kant. (OUP, 2004).

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Abbreviations
* 1: Hume's Moral Atheism
* 2: Mitigated Skepticism and Hume's Liminal Natural Theology
* 3: The Argument from Sentimentalism 1: Hume's Critique of Religious
Passions
* 4: The Argument from Sentimentalism 2: Religious Passions and the
Deity's Moral Status
* 5: The Argument from Motivation
* 6: The Arguments from Evil
* 7: The Arguments from Determinism
* Conclusion
* Bibliography
* Index