Religion and the Justification of Moral Claims
This essay argues that the necessary and sufficient evaluative condition for the justification of moral claims is a religious principle. Self-conscious choice entails a comprehensive variable in terms of which all possible human choice alternatives may be understood. This same variable must also be...
| Published in: | Journal of religious ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1983
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1983, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-61 |
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| Summary: | This essay argues that the necessary and sufficient evaluative condition for the justification of moral claims is a religious principle. Self-conscious choice entails a comprehensive variable in terms of which all possible human choice alternatives may be understood. This same variable must also be evaluative, such that human choices which are superior in its terms are categorically required and it is the necessary and sufficient evaluative condition for the justification of moral claims. Moreover, the comprehensive variable in question must be a metaphysical variable in terms of which all conceivable instances of concrete existence are understood and evaluated. Appropriating Clifford Geertz, I stipulate that a variable or principle which identifies fact with value at the most fundamental level is religious. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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