On the moral nature of the universe: theology, cosmology, and ethics
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1996
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| Beschreibung: | XVI, 268 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0800629833 |
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Contents
List of Figures xu։
Preface xv
Chapter i. Aim and Scope 1
1. Description of the Project 1
1.1 The Separation of Ethics from Science and Theology 1
2. Our Presuppositions 3
2.1 The Scientific Setting of the Problem 4
2.2 Our Philosophical Stance 5
2.3 Our Theological Position 7
3. The Epistemological Basis ®
3.1 Carl Hempel: The Hypothetico-Deductive Method ®
3.2 Imre Lakatos: Scientific Research Programs 10
3.3 Alasdair MacIntyre: Intellectual Traditions J3
4. Overview of the Argument *5
5. Significance of the Undertaking 18
Chapter 2. The Hierarchy of* the Sciences 19
1. Introduction: The Incomplete Hierarchy 19
1.1 Arthur Peacocke on the Hierarchy of the Sciences 20
2. Hierarchies of Complexity 22
2.1 Emergent Order 22
2.2 Top-Down Causation 24
2.3 A Determinate Example: Digital Computers 25
2.4 Hierarchies of Entities in Their Environments 26
2.5 The Physical Mediation of Top-Down Effects 26
2.6 Living Beings as Hierarchical Systems 30
3. Free Will and Determinism 32
4. Confirmation and Explanation in Hierarchical Systems 37
Chapter 3. Cosmology 39
1. Outline of Cosmology 39
1.1 The Physical Foundation: A View of Nature 39
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r.2 The Astronomical Universe 45
1.2. i The Distribution of Matter around Us 45
1.2.2 A Theory of the Evolution of the Universe 46
1.2.3 Formation of Astronomical Structure 47
1.3 Speculations on the Origin of the Universe Itself 48
2. The Existence of Life 49
2.1 Origins of Life in the Universe 50
2.2 Anthropic Principles 51
2.2.1 The Weak Anthropic Principle 52
2.2.2 The Strong Anthropic Principle 53
3. Ultimate Causation 53
3.1 Alternative Viewpoints 54
3.1.1 Pure Chance 54
3.1.2 High Probability 54
3.1.3 Necessity 55
3.1.4 Universality 56
3.1.5 Design 57
3.1.6 Multiple Causation 58
3.2 A Tentative Assessment 59
4. The Need for a Larger View 59
4. i Limitations of Cosmology Based on Science 60
4.2 Cosmology and Theories of Ultimate Reality 62
Chapter 4; Revision of the Hierarchy 64
1. The Branching Hierarchy of Sciences 64
2. The Variety of Sciences 65
2.1 The Analytic and Integrative Sciences 65
2.2 Historical and Geographical Sciences 66
2.3 Applied Science (Technology) 67
2.4 The Human Sciences 68
2.5 Sciences and Confirmation 69
3. Pure Science and Applied Sciences 70
4. Applied Science and the Social Sciences 71
5. The Sciences of the Artificial 73
5. i Goals and Feedback-Control Systems 74
5.2 Hierarchies of Goals 76
5.3 Goals and Values 77
6. The Social Sciences 78
6. i Pure and Applied Social Sciences 79
6.2 Hierarchizing the Social Sciences 80
Contents ix
7. The Branching Hierarchy Revisited 86
7.1 Ethics and the Hierarchy of Goals 86
Chapter 5. Ethics, Theology, and the Social Sciences 88
1. Overview of the Argument 88
2. Social Science and the Need for Ethics 89
2.1 Ethical Assumptions within the Social Sciences 91
2.1.1 Ethics in Economics 91
2.1.2 Ethics, Sociology, and Political Theory 96
2.1.3 Ethics and Law 98
2.2 Ethical Determinants of Social-Science Methods 100
3. The Nature of Ethics 103
3.1 The Science of Ethics 105
4. Ethics and Theology 107
4.1 The Metaphysical Basis of Ethics 108
5. Theology in the Social Sciences no
5.1 John Milbank on Social-Scientific Heresies iti
6. Conclusion 114
Chapter 6. The Ethical Core 115
1. Overview 115
1.1 The Structure of Ethics 116
2. The Hard Core: Self-Renunciation 118
2.1 Its Paradoxical Nature 121
3. Renunciation as a Social Ethic 122
3.1 Law and Renunciation 122
3.2 Renunciation in the Economic Sphere 126
3.2.1 Organizations and Businesses 128
3.2.2 Government Role 131
3.3 Renunciation in the Political Sphere 132
3.3.1 Organizations Other than the State 133
3.3.2 Can Governments Practice Renunciation? 133
3.4 Nonviolence as Renunciation 135
4. Ethics and Epistemology 139
5. Conclusion 140
Chapter 7. Reconfiguration of Social Science in Light of Ethics 141
1. Empirical Consequences of a Kenotic Ethic 141
2. Confirmation in the Interpersonal Sphere 143
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3. Confirmation in the Legal Sphere 144
4. Nonviolence and Social Science 145
4.1 Competing Socio-Ethical Programs 146
4.2 The Issues at Stake 148
4.3 Refinements in Social Analysis 149
4.3.1 Top-Down Causation 149
4.3.2 Levels of Persuasion and Coercion 151
4.3.3 Kenosis and Consent 156
4.3.4 The Thesis Proposed 159
4.4 The Effectiveness of Nonviolence 161
4.5 Confirmation of Specific Auxiliary Hypotheses 163
$. Social Change 165
5.1 A Case Study: South Africa 166
5.2 Initiating and Sustaining Kenotic Action 170
6. Conclusion: The Program and Objections 171
Chapter 8: Ethics and Theories of God 173
1. The Need for a Related Theology 173
2. Kenotic Concepts of God 174
2.1 The Christology of Philippians 2:5—11 176
3. John Howard Yoders Research Program 178
3.1 The Hard Core 178
3.2 Relating the Core to Ethics 179
3.3 Methodological Auxiliary Hypotheses ï8i
3.4 The Positive Heuristic 182
3.5 Doctrinal Auxiliary Hypotheses 182
3.5.1 Christology and Trinity 183
3.5.2 Atonement, Sin, and Justification 184
3.5.3 Excursus: Walter Wink on the Domination System 185
3.5.4 Excursus: A Progressive Problemshift 187
3.5.5 Church, World, and Eschatology 190
3.5.6 Kenotic Response to God i94
3.6 Confirmation 196
3.7 Rebutting Counter-evidence 198
4. Theology and Cosmology 201
Chapter 9. Ethics, Cosmology, and Theories of God 202
1. Overview of the Argument 202
2. Theology and Cosmology 205
2.1 The Lawlike Character of the Universe 206
2.2 The Anthropic Universe and Free Will 207
Contents xi
3. Cosmology and the Kenotic Universe 208
3.1 The Provident Universe 209
3.2 The Hidden Nature of Ultimate Reality 210
4. Echoes of Kenosis in Biology 211
5. Noncoercive Divine Action and Physical Reality 213
5.1 Divine Action at the Quantum Level 214
5.2 Quantum Indeterminacy and Revelation 21$
6. Consistency with the Scientific Picture 218
7. The Natural-Scientific Context for Morality 219
8. Conclusions 219
Chapter 10· Epistemological Evaluation 221
1. Scope of the Evaluation 221
2. Fine-Scale Evaluation: Overview of the Data 223
3. Medium-Scale Evaluation: Progressive Research Programs 227
3.1 Naturalistic Competitors 231
3.2 Theistic Competitors 235
3.2.1 Wolfhart Pannenberg 235
3.2.2 Philip Hefner 238
3.2.2 Arthur Peacocke 239
4. Large-Scale Evaluation 241
4.1 Theodicy 243
4.2 Epistemological Significance of Theodicy 249
5. Conclusion 250
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