Contents -- Introduction -- I: THE NATURE OF THE GOOD -- 1 God as the Good -- 1. The Semantics and the Metaphysics of Value -- 2. Eros and the Good -- 3. Godlikeness -- 4. Varieties of Excellence -- 5. The Divine Nature -- 2 The Transcendence of the Good -- 1. The Holy -- 2. Naturalism -- 3. Empirical Testing, Explanation, and Value -- 4. Transcendence Vindicated -- 3 Well-Being and Excellence -- 1. Well-Being and the Satisfaction of Desire -- 2. Well-Being as Enjoyment of the Excellent -- 4 The Sacred and the Bad -- 1. The Bad -- 2. Moral Horror -- 3. Violation -- 4. Images of God -- 5. The Value of Persons as Persons -- 6. Ontology -- 7. Defilement and Symbolic Violation -- II: LOVING THE GOOD -- 5 Eros -- 1. Can God Love Finite Things at All? -- 2. Benevolence and Self-Interest -- 3. Eros and Self-Interest -- 4. The Value of Love's Interest in Relationship -- 5. Impersonal Objects of Love -- 6 Grace -- 1. Love's Particularity -- 2. Love for Particular Universals -- 3. Reasons for Love -- 4. Hesed -- 5. Love's Universality -- 7 Devotion -- 1. The Ethics of Motives -- 2. The Fragmentation of Value -- 3. The Integration of Value -- 4. The Problem of Total Devotion -- 5. Love for the Good as Organizing Principle -- 6. Love as Enjoyment -- 7. Love as Alliance -- 8 Idolatry -- 1. Priorities -- 2. Need and Detachment -- 3. Misidentification -- 9 Symbolic Value -- 1. Martyrdom -- 2. The Moral Value of Symbolism -- 3. Eschatology and Ethics -- 4. Worship -- III: THE GOOD AND THE RIGHT -- 10 Obligation -- 1. Sanctions and the Semantics of Obligation -- 2. Guilt -- 3. Social Requirement -- 11 Divine Commands -- 1. Placing the Theory in Its Context -- 2. Divine Commands and the Role of Obligation -- 3. Divine Command and Divine Will -- 4. What Is a Divine Command? -- 5. Autonomy -- 12 Abraham's Dilemma -- 1. The Dilemma Stated.

2. Can It Be Wrong to Obey God? -- 3. What Should We Believe about God's Commands? -- 13 Vocation -- 1. Singular Judgments in Ethics -- 2. A Conception of Vocation -- 3. Actuality and Goodness -- 4. Vocation and Selfhood -- 5. Vocation and Conflicting Values -- 14 Politics and the Good -- 1. Perfectionism and Equality -- 2. Civil Liberties -- 3. Church, State, and Culture -- 4. State Action to Protect and Promote the Good -- IV: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF VALUE -- 15 Revelation of the Good -- 1. The Metaphysics and the Epistemology of Value -- 2. Evaluative Doxastic Practices -- 3. General Revelation -- 4. Special Revelation, Experience, and Change in Ethics -- 16 Moral Faith -- 1. Faith in Morality -- 2. Faith in Moral Ends -- 3. The Cognitive Aspect of Moral Faith -- 4. The Volitional Aspect of Moral Faith -- 5. The Emotional Aspect of Moral Faith -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.