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What's a one-time bishop of Hippo got to do with the third millennium? -- The foundations of Augustine's moral Empiricism: truth, love and sin -- Scientific philosophy and first-person confession -- Against autonomy: ought and can -- The state: persecution, war, justice and regret -- Again...

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Authors: Rist, John 1936- (Author) ; Redivivus, Austin (Interviewee)
Contributors: Rist, Anna (Transcriber)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York London Oxford New Delhi Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2018
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Reading Augustine
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430)
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Summary:What's a one-time bishop of Hippo got to do with the third millennium? -- The foundations of Augustine's moral Empiricism: truth, love and sin -- Scientific philosophy and first-person confession -- Against autonomy: ought and can -- The state: persecution, war, justice and regret -- Against political panaceas -- Utilitarians and Kantians: a parallel journey to triviality -- Rights theory -- The inevitable irrelevance of most contemporary theology -- Austin's brag: conventional relativism, nihilism or the Catholic tradition -- Transcript of a radio interview with Bishop Austin Redivivus: 1.4.2016
Item Description:Includes index
Rezension (Review): Augustiniana 68 (2018) 367-370 (T. Clemmons)
ISBN:1501307495