As mentioned in an earlier post, Objectivism is the “main squeeze” among Ethicists:”The Backbone of Ethics”:http://www.hundiejo.com/philosophy/index.php/b/2005/06/14/the_backbone_of_ethics_part_1. This does not mean there is much agreement among them about out the “rules” work. There are many variations among the different sets of possible rules and where the various rule sets get their authority.
Norman L. Geisler:”Norman L. Geisler(homepage)”:http://www.normgeisler.com/, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary:”SES homepage”:http://www.ses.edu/, presents a Christian view of how to deal with consequences in conjunction with divine command theory:”The Unsound Argument(The Flavors of Objectivism Part II)”:http://www.hundiejo.com/philosophy/index.php/b/2005/06/22/the_many_diffrent_flavors_of_objectivism in his article entitled Absolutes? Absolutely!:”Ablosultes? Absolutely!“:http://www.equip.org/free/DE198.htm. I thought it was an interesting read inlight of my earlier post on Ethical Relativity:”The Unsound Argument(Ethical Relativity)”:http://unsoundargument.com/index.php/b/2005/10/20/ethical_relativity.
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C.S. Lewis is the most widely known modern Christian Philosopher. His work, Miracles deals with the assumption of naturalism. The following is a review of that book. This paper was referenced in a syllabus at UNC Charlotte for an Intro to Philosophy class. Related Files |
How does one start when approaching a classic such as this? One starts with an overview, then proceeding on to the writer, for he is its source, style, content, and finishing up with commentary. At least this is the route that will be taken here. The book, Miracles: a Preliminary Study, in contemporary Christianity is championed as one of the greatest apologies of the miraculous ever penned. However, in reality, most patrons have never read it. There is so great a wind about C.S. Lewis�s memory that anything penned by him is at once slotted into the �one of the greats� category. There may be reason behind the wind, which we will get to in a moment, but it is interesting to note that the mass of Christians who recommend this book have not read a drop of it.