Wonder, Value and God

ISBN-13: 9781472457189 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 196 str.

Robin Attfield

Opis

This book relates the value present in the natural world and in human creativity to an underlying purpose which it traces in creation. In integrating the themes of value, creativity and purpose, the book contributes a new synthesis to the literature of philosophy, environmental studies and theology.

Spis treści

1 Wonder and value  2 The nature and location of value  3 Meaning, meaningful work and spectres of bleakness  4 Worthwhile life and meaning  5 The argument from value  6 Disvalue  7 Panentheism  8 Morality and value  9 Embodiments of value in nature and society  10 Creativity and inspiration in art, music, literature and science  11 Fulfilling our purpose

O autorze

Robin Attfield taught philosophy at Cardiff University full-time from 1968 to 2009 and was a doctoral supervisor from 2009 to 2012. He has been a Professor of Philosophy since 1991. In 2008 he was awarded a DLitt by Cardiff University for contributions to Environmental Philosophy. His nine monographs include Creation, Evolution and Meaning, published in 2006, as well as his best-selling textbook Environmental Ethics (2003 and 2014), hailed by Dieter Birnbacher as the best introduction to the subject so far.