On HumanismRoutledge, 1 mar. 2013 - 232 pagini What is humanism and why does it matter? Is there any doctrine every humanist must hold? If it rejects religion, what does it offer in its place? Have the twentieth century’s crimes against humanity spelled the end for humanism? On Humanism is a timely and powerfully argued philosophical defence of humanism. It is also an impassioned plea that we turn to ourselves, not religion, if we want to answer Socrates’ age-old question: what is the best kind of life to lead? Although humanism has much in common with science, Richard Norman shows that it is far from a denial of the more mysterious, fragile side of being human. He deals with big questions such as Darwinism and ‘creation science’, matter and consciousness, euthanasia and abortion, and then argues that it is ultimately through the human capacity for art, literature and the imagination that humanism is a powerful alternative to religious belief. This revised second edition includes a new chapter on the debates between ‘the New Atheists’ such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens and their religious critics, asking why the two sides in the debate so often seem to be talking past one another, and suggesting how the conversation could be made more fruitful. Richard Norman is a committed humanist and the author of many books including The Moral Philosophers and Ethics, Killing and War. He was formerly Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent, Canterbury |
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... which Pico has drawn up, appealing to the authority of the Christian and Hebrew scriptures, of the ancient Greek ... they are miserable sinners, and all the rest of it, it seems contemptible and not worthy of self-respecting human ...
... there are important differences between them, they share an attitude of scepticism towards, or outright rejection of, religious belief. They appeal to reason and experience against tradition, in order to criticise prejudice and ...
... they are different, but it is not just a coincidence that the same word is used in these two different contexts. On the one hand, as we have seen, talk of cultural 'humanism' is not just a technical term to refer to a branch of the ...
... which I am using the word, are atheists, but things are not that simple. Many humanists prefer to describe themselves as 'agnostics' rather than atheists. An agnostic is someone who says that they do not know whether there is a god. They ...
... those who believe in a god to provide reasons for that belief. If they cannot come up with good reasons, then we should reject the belief. In the same way, I cannot prove conclusively that there are no fairies, or witches, but I am not ...
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Why Science Undermines Religion | |
Whats So Special About Human Beings? Three | |
Morality in a Godless World Four | |
The Meaning of Life and the Need for Stories Five | |
The God Debate Dead End or Dialogue? | |
Organised Humanism | |