Is there a connection between religion and morality? Ivan Karamazov, in Dostoevsky's <em>The Brothers Karamazov</em>, 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 ar
God and moral obligation
โ Scribed by Evans, C. Stephen, author
- Publisher
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
vii, 199 pages ; 23 cm
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