Hayden Ramsay

Truth and Faith in Ethics - St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs Hayden Ramsay

Brief Description: This addition to the St. Andrews Study series contains a wide-ranging collection of essays on all aspects of moral philosophy and its impact on public life in the 21st century. Brief Description: This addition to the St Andrews Studies series contains a wide-ranging collection of essays on all aspects of moral philosophy and its impact upon public life in the twent-first century. The book brings together ethicists from a variety of traditions... Review Quotes: "not least those generated by the inability of theocrats to resist the lust of personal power and other effects of original sin."--John M RistMarc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: 1. Truth and Faith in Ethics: Editorial Introduction / Hayden Ramsay -- 2. Faith in Reason: The Unity of the Right, the Good and the Good Life / Edward Hawlett Spence -- 3. Morality with and without God / Jude Dougherty -- 4. Religion in Public Life / Anthony O'Hear -- 5. Public Reason in Bioethics / Nicholas Tonti-Filippini -- 6. Contemporary Moral Philosophy and Happiness / Bernadette Tobin -- 7. Ethical Naturalism and the Challenge of Biology / Richard Hamilton -- 8. Happiness, Virtue and Religious Commitments / Julia Annas -- 9. For Cause or Comrade / Nancy Sherman -- 10. Ethics, Philosophy and Love / Christopher Cordner -- 11. Friendship, Poignancy and Paradox / Sandra Lynch -- 12. In Defence of Villey on Objective Right / John Lamont -- 13. Natural Law / Robert George -- 14. Reason, Revelation, Universality and Particularity / John Finnis -- Appendix. Is God necessary for Morality? An Exchange / Raimond Gaita & John Haldane.

Contributor Bio:  Ramsay, Hayden Hayden Ramsay is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at the University of Notre Dame, Australia.