Existence and the Good: Metaphysical Necessity in Morals and Politics

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Argues that morals and politics require on a metaphysical backing and proposes a neoclassical metaphysics.

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Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Metaphysics of Existence	p. 17
The Western Background	p. 19
The Necessity of Existence	p. 22
The Task of Metaphysics	p. 30
The Metaphysics of Subjectivity	p. 39
Totality and Meaning	p. 39
Totality Is Prior to Meaning	p. 49
The Metaphysics of God and the World	p. 59
Final Real Things	p. 59
The Divine Individual	p. 71
God and the World	p. 85
The Metaphysics of Human Purpose	p. 93
Decision for a Self-Understanding	p. 93
The Comprehensive Good	p. 101
Human Purposes	p. 107
The Good of Human Rights	p. 115
The Metaphysics of Democracy Part 1	p. 127
Introduction	p. 127
Democracy without Metaphysics	p. 130
Democracy without Metaphysics: A Critique	p. 135
The Metaphysics of Democracy Part 2	p. 147
The Principle of Communicative Respect	p. 147
Constitutional Principles of Justice	p. 156
Democracy and Substantive Justice	p. 164
Democracy and the Comprehensive Good	p. 171
Notes	p. 179
Works Cited	p. 199
Index	p. 203
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