Avebury Series in Philosophy
3 total works
Published in 1999, this text offers a comprehensive treatment of the Philosophy of Religion. Its overall conclusions are that, though there is no reason to suppose there is a God, doing something that is not quite believing in god, who, as some mystics think - neither exists nor does not exist, may be valuable for some people.
These essays cover a number of ethical and moral philosophical areas, including utilitarianism, ethical relativism, roles and rules, the relative interest of virtue vis a vis the weak and the strong, and imperativism.
This collection of essays on metaphysics and epistemology covers such topics as perception, knowledge and belief, the constitution of matter, the nature of the self, and quantum logic.