Nielsen, Kai. creator text Electronic books. onc Ottawa University of Ottawa Press 1997 monographic eng 1 online resource (230 pages) These essays make a single central claim: that human beings can still make sense of their lives and still have a humane morality, even if their worldview is utterly secular and even if they have lost the last vestige of belief in God. "Even in a self-consciously Godless world life can be fully meaningful," Nielsen contends. Introduction; CHAPTER 1 God and the Good: Does Morality Need Religion?; CHAPTER 2 Hobbesist and Humean Alternatives to a Religious Morality; CHAPTER 3 An Examination of the Thomistic Theory of Natural Moral Law; CHAPTER 4 The Myth of Natural Law; CHAPTER 5 On Taking Human Nature as the Basis of Morality: An Exercise in Linguistic Analysis; CHAPTER 6 Scepticism and Human Rights; CHAPTER 7 On Human Rights; CHAPTER 8 Grounding Rights and a Method of Reflective Equilibrium; CHAPTER 9 On Sticking with Secular Morality; CHAPTER 10 Politics and Theology: Do We Need a Political Theology? CHAPTER 11 God and the Basis of MoralityIndex. Religion and ethics Natural law Human rights Moral and ethical aspects RELIGION General Human rights Moral and ethical aspects Natural law Religion and ethics BJ47.N46 1991 171 Nielsen, Kai. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, ©1997 9780776616032 077661603X 22573/ctt1cmr35s JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1812798 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1812798 EBLCP 110725 20200709060614.0 ocn742332995 eng