Toward a New Enlightenment (eBook, ePUB)

Philosophy of Paul Kurtz
Redaktion: Kurtz, Paul

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Paul Kurtz has been the dominant voice of secular humanism over the past thirty years. This compilation of his work reveals the scope of his thinking on the basic topics of our time and his many and varied contributions to the cause of free thought. It focuses on the central issues that have concerned Kurtz throughout his career: ethics, politics, education, religion, science, and pseudoscience.

The chapters are linked by a common theme: the need for a new enlightenment, one committed to the use of rationality and skepticism, but also devoted to realizing the highest values of humanist culture. Many writings included here were first published in magazines and journals long unavailable. Some of the essays have never before been published. They now appear as a coherent whole for the first time. Also included is an extensive bibliography of Kurtz's writings. Toward a New Enlightenment is essential for those who know and admire Paul Kurtz's work. It will also be an important resource for students of philosophy, political science, ethics, and religion.

Among the chapters are: "Humanist Ethics: Eating the Forbidden Fruit"; "Relevance of Science to Ethics"; "Democracy without Theology"; "Misuses of Civil Disobedience"; "The Limits of Tolerance"; "Skepticism about the Paranormal: Legitimate and Illegitimate"; "Militant Atheism vs. Freedom of Conscience"; "Promethean Love: Unbound"; "The Case for Euthanasia"; and "The New Inquisition in the Schools."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 401
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351294386
• Artikelnr.: 54108283

Autorenporträt

Paul Kurtz

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Toward a New Enlightenment
One: Ethics and the Planetary Society
Introduction to Part One
1: Humanist Ethics: Eating the Forbidden Fruit
2: The Relevance of Science to Ethics
3: The Twenty-First Century and Beyond: The Need for a New Global Ethic and a Declaration of Interdependence
Two: Democratic Ideas, Pluralism
Introduction to Part Two
4: Humanism and the Freedom of the Individual
5: Democracy without Theology: Dialogue with Evangelists
6: Excellence and Irrelevance: Democracy and the Higher Learning
7: Misuses of Civil Disobedience
8: The Limits of Tolerance
9: Beyond Multiculturalism: Toward a Humanist Universalism
10: Will Secularism Survive?
Three: Skepticism: Science and Antiscience
Introduction to Part Three
11: The Scientific Attitude vs. Antiscience and Pseudoscience
12: Antireason
13: Science and the Paranormal: An Overview
14: Skepticism about the Paranormal: Legitimate and Illegitimate
Four: Atheism, Humanism, and Religion
Introduction to Part Four
15: Humanism and the Open Society: Dialogues with Marxists and Roman Catholics
16: Militant Atheism vs. Freedom of Conscience: Reflections on the Moscow Atheist/Humanist Dialogue
17: Humanism and Atheism: Exploring Similarities and Differences
18: The Church under Siege: Reflections on the Vatican/Humanist Dialogue
19: The Argument from Revelation Reexamined
20: Is Life Meaningful in a Universe without God?
21: Finding a Common Ground between Believers and Unbelievers
22: The Growth of Fundamentalism Worldwide: A Humanist Response
Five: Paul Kurtz in Person and in Action
Introduction to Part Five
23: In Defense of Eupraxophy
24: Promethean Love: Unbound
25: On Nearly Dying-Unceremoniously and Unexpectedly
26: The Case for Euthanasia: A Humanistic Perspective
Six: On the Barricades
Introduction to Part Six
27: Does Faith Healing Work?
28: Faith Healing: Miracle or Hoax?
29: The New Inquisition in the Schools
30: Bigfoot on the Loose
or, How to Create a Legend
31: A Case Study of the West Pittston "Haunted" House
32: Near-Death Experiences: A Skeptical View