Book contents
- God in Moral Experience
- God in Moral Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Moral Experience and Persons
- 2 Moral Experience and God
- 3 Moral Experience and Moral Rapport
- 4 Moral Experience and Moral Inspiration
- 5 Moral Experience without Philosophical Overlays
- 6 Moral Experience and Co-valuing in Conflict
- 7 Moral Experience Justified by God
- 8 Moral Experience and Theological Inquiry
- Select Bibliography
- Index
6 - Moral Experience and Co-valuing in Conflict
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2023
- God in Moral Experience
- God in Moral Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Moral Experience and Persons
- 2 Moral Experience and God
- 3 Moral Experience and Moral Rapport
- 4 Moral Experience and Moral Inspiration
- 5 Moral Experience without Philosophical Overlays
- 6 Moral Experience and Co-valuing in Conflict
- 7 Moral Experience Justified by God
- 8 Moral Experience and Theological Inquiry
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
We have been considering the view that God self-discloses to humans in moral values in their moral experience, including in conscience. These values, we have suggested, are intentional in that God intends them to attract people to a cooperative righteous relationship with God. The desired human cooperation includes God’s aim, from a moral point of view, for people to value as God values, to co-value with God, toward righteousness in human lives. Such co-valuing includes human valuing in accordance with the aforementioned fruit of the Spirit. It thus calls for human co-valuing with divine love as compassionate caring for the good of people, including goodwill toward one’s enemies. This chapter examines the role of such co-valuing in a context of moral conflict, where the divine aim is to form human moral character for the sake of a righteous society. The relevant love is thus righteous love guided by divine moral goodness, despite a context of ongoing moral conflict.
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- God in Moral ExperienceValues and Duties Personified, pp. 148 - 175Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023