Existence and the Good -- Existence and the Good -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Metaphysics of Existence -- The Western Background -- The Necessity of Existence -- The Task of Metaphysics -- Chapter 2: The Metaphysics of Subjectivity -- Totality and Meaning -- Totality Is Prior to Meaning -- Chapter 3: The Metaphysics of God and the World -- Final Real Things -- The Divine Individual -- God and the World -- Chapter 4: The Metaphysics of Human Purpose -- Decision for a Self-Understanding -- The Comprehensive Good -- Human Purposes -- The Good of Human Rights -- Chapter 5: The Metaphysics of Democracy, Part 1 -- Introduction -- Democracy without Metaphysics -- Chapter 6: The Metaphysics of Democracy, Part 2 -- The Principle of Communicative Respect -- Constitutional Principles of Justice -- Democracy and Substantive Justice -- Democracy and the Comprehensive Good -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.