A Rule of Immanent Play

As long as God is in charge, morality is a subsection of theology. Ever since Sinai, the True, the Good, the Positive, and the Just all come from the Decalogue. No need to philosophize, to look for foundations, a genealogy, or origins. God serves as an explanation for all of them. The tablets of the...

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Published inA Hedonist Manifesto p. 37
Main Author MICHEL ONFRAY
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Columbia University Press 10.11.2015
Subjects
Anatomy
Art genres and movements
Art history
Arts
Axiology
Biological sciences
Biology
Brain
Central nervous system
Concept of mind
Ethics
Futurism
Judgment
Materialism
Metaphysics
Modernist art
Moral judgment
Morality
Nervous system
Normative ethics
Ontology
Philosophy
Philosophy of mind
Political change
Political processes
Political revolutions
Political science
Politics
Religion
Theology
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Summary:As long as God is in charge, morality is a subsection of theology. Ever since Sinai, the True, the Good, the Positive, and the Just all come from the Decalogue. No need to philosophize, to look for foundations, a genealogy, or origins. God serves as an explanation for all of them. The tablets of the Law, Torah, Gospels, and Pauline Epistles have had their time. When God bothers to show himself, or when he delegates this mission to his most dedicated envoys (who dictate all behavior between the self and itself, the self and others, and the self and the
DOI:10.7312/onfr17126.9