On ethics, politics and psychology in the twenty-first century /
Rist, John M.,
On ethics, politics and psychology in the twenty-first century / John Rist ; with an interview with Bishop Austin Redivivus orchestrated by Anna Rist. - New York : Bloomsbury Academic, c2018. - ix, 177 pages ; 23 cm. - Reading Augustine .
Includes index.
What's a one-time bishop of Hippo got to do with the third millennium? -- The foundations of Augustine's moral Empiricism: truth, love and sin -- Scientific philosophy and first-person confession -- Against autonomy: ought and can -- The state: persecution, war, justice and regret -- Against political panaceas -- Utilitarians and Kantians: a parallel journey to triviality -- Rights theory -- The inevitable irrelevance of most contemporary theology -- Austin's brag: conventional relativism, nihilism or the Catholic tradition -- Transcript of a radio interview with Bishop Austin Redivivus: 1.4.2016.
9781501307492 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781501307508 (ePub) 9781501307515 (ePDF)
2017015998
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Ethics.
On ethics, politics and psychology in the twenty-first century / John Rist ; with an interview with Bishop Austin Redivivus orchestrated by Anna Rist. - New York : Bloomsbury Academic, c2018. - ix, 177 pages ; 23 cm. - Reading Augustine .
Includes index.
What's a one-time bishop of Hippo got to do with the third millennium? -- The foundations of Augustine's moral Empiricism: truth, love and sin -- Scientific philosophy and first-person confession -- Against autonomy: ought and can -- The state: persecution, war, justice and regret -- Against political panaceas -- Utilitarians and Kantians: a parallel journey to triviality -- Rights theory -- The inevitable irrelevance of most contemporary theology -- Austin's brag: conventional relativism, nihilism or the Catholic tradition -- Transcript of a radio interview with Bishop Austin Redivivus: 1.4.2016.
9781501307492 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781501307508 (ePub) 9781501307515 (ePDF)
2017015998
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Ethics.
