God and Moral Obligation

by C. Stephen Evans

Book Overview

Is there a connection between religion and morality? Ivan Karamazov, in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, famously declares that if God does not exist, then "everything is permitted." Most philosophers reject such a view and hold that moral truths do not depend on God. C.Stephen Evans argues that the truth lies somewhere between these two claims. It is not quite right to say that there would be nothing left of morality if God did not exist, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198715374
• ISBN13: 9780198715375
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"