{"product_id":"existence-and-the-good-franklin-i-gamwell-9781438435923","title":"Existence and the Good: Metaphysical Necessity in Morals and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that morals and politics require on a metaphysical backing and proposes a neoclassical metaphysics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorals and politics depend on a metaphysical backing. All reality is marked by certain necessary features and a divine purpose inherent in all reality defines the good to which all human life should be directed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are bold assertions in a climate where the credibility of metaphysics is widely denied. Indeed, for the past two centuries, Western philosophy has been marked by a consensus that questions about moral and political life should be considered separately from questions about ultimate reality. In this challenging work, Franklin I. Gamwell defends metaphysical necessity against both modern and postmodern critiques. The metaphysics vindicated is not the traditional form both critiques typically have in view, however. Instead, Gamwell outlines a neoclassical project for which Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne are the main philosophical resources. As it maintains the significance of theistic metaphysics, the book makes no appeal to religious authority but solely to common human experience, and on this basis articulates principles of human purpose and democratic justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Franklin I. Gamwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438435924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438435923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Franklin I. Gamwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453630296319,"sku":"9781438435923","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2441f82d-8532-44a0-84f2-0aac462f418e.jpg?v=1777301296","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/existence-and-the-good-franklin-i-gamwell-9781438435923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}