Finite and Infinite Goods

Renowned scholar Robert Adams explores the relation between religion and ethics through a comprehensive philosophical account of a theistically-based framework for ethics. Adams'' framework begins with the good rather than the right and with excellence rather than usefulness. He argues that loving the excellent of which adoring God is a clear example is the most fundamental aspect of a life well lived. Developing his original and detailed theory Adams contends that devotion the sacred grace martyrdom worship vocation faith and other concepts drawn from religious ethics have been sorely overlooked in moral philosophy and can enrich the texture of ethical thought.