title: The Philosophical and Theological Foundations of Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Theory and its Relation to Religious Belief
author:  Peter Byrne 
description: PETER BYRNE is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at King's College, London. He co-edits the journal<em> Religious Studies</em>. He has edited a series of books in medical ethics and is co-editor (with Leslie Houlden) of<em> A Companion Encyclopedia of Theology</em>. He is the author of<em> Natural Religion and the Nature of Religion, The Philosophical and Theological Foundations of Ethics </em>and (with Peter B. Clarke)<em> Religion Defined and Explained.</em>
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  The Ethics of Belief and Beyond 
  “Specialists in the ethics of action and the nature of practical reason now 
  routinely interact with specialists in epistemology and the normativity of 
  belief to address broader issues in the normativity of all kinds of mental 
  states. As both felds learn from another, new questions and new avenues for 
  inquiry come into view. This is a welcome collection of new essays by frst-
  rate philosophers in the emerging feld of mental normativity.” 
  —Peter J. Graham, University of California, Riverside, USA 
  This volume provides a framework for approaching and understanding 
  mental normativity. It presents cutting-edge research on the ethics of belief as 
  well as innovative research beyond the normativity of belief – and towards 
  an ethics of mind. By moving beyond traditional issues of epistemology the 
  contributors discuss the most current ideas revolving around rationality, 
  responsibility, and normativity. 
  The book’s