R Zachary Manis
Biographic Data
| ID | 7337510 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Zachary Manis |
| GIVEN NAMES | R Zachary |
| FAMILY NAME | Manis |
| SIGNATURE | MANIS R Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southwest Baptist University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Eternity will nail him to himself’
Though Kierkegaard's writings are rarely referenced in discussions of the problem of hell, the choice model of hell, I argue, can be strengthened by a close reading of the relevant passages of The Sickness unto Death that bear on the topic of damnation. Each of the two major forms of the choice model that are discussed in the contemporary philosophical literature are anticipated and developed in masterful psychological detail in this key Kierkega…
Kierkegaard and Evans on the Problem of Abraham
A significant challenge faces any ethic that endorses the view that divine commands are sufficient to impose moral obligations; in this paper, I focus on Kierkegaard's ethic, in particular. The challenge to be addressed is the “modernized” problem of Abraham, popularized especially by Fear and Trembling : the dilemma that an agent faces when a being claiming to be God issues a command to the agent that, by the agent's own lights, seems not to be …
Kierkegaard and divine-command theory
One of the most important recent developments in the discussion of Kierkegaard's ethics is an interpretation defended, in different forms, by Philip Quinn and Stephen Evans. Both argue that a divine-command theory of moral obligation (DCT) is to be found in Works of Love . Against this view, I argue that, despite significant overlap between DCT and the view of moral obligation found in Works of Love , there is at least one essential difference be…
Religion and Morality – By William J. Wainwright
Kierkegaard’s Ethic of Love
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Kierkegaard’s Ethic of Love
Religion and Morality – By William J. Wainwright
Kierkegaard and divine-command theory
One of the most important recent developments in the discussion of Kierkegaard's ethics is an interpretation defended, in different forms, by Philip Quinn and Stephen Evans. Both argue that a divine-command theory of moral obligation (DCT) is to be found in Works of Love . Against this view, I argue that, despite significant overlap between DCT and the view of moral obligation found in Works of Love , there is at least one essential difference be…
Kierkegaard and Evans on the Problem of Abraham
A significant challenge faces any ethic that endorses the view that divine commands are sufficient to impose moral obligations; in this paper, I focus on Kierkegaard's ethic, in particular. The challenge to be addressed is the “modernized” problem of Abraham, popularized especially by Fear and Trembling : the dilemma that an agent faces when a being claiming to be God issues a command to the agent that, by the agent's own lights, seems not to be …
‘Eternity will nail him to himself’
Though Kierkegaard's writings are rarely referenced in discussions of the problem of hell, the choice model of hell, I argue, can be strengthened by a close reading of the relevant passages of The Sickness unto Death that bear on the topic of damnation. Each of the two major forms of the choice model that are discussed in the contemporary philosophical literature are anticipated and developed in masterful psychological detail in this key Kierkega…
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (4 works) · Theology (3 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work)