Nature and Command: On the Metaphysical Foundations of Morality

by J. Caleb Clanton and Kraig Martin

Since at least the time of Plato, religious explanations of the metaphysical foundations of morality have typically fallen into one of two camps: natural law theory, according to which morality is fundamentally explained by facts about human nature--facts that God is responsible for--and divine command theory, which holds that moral obligations arise directly from God's commands or some other prescriptive act of the divine will. J. Caleb Clanton...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621906930
• ISBN13: 9781621906933
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"