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Author | : William James |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780674267350 |
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Essays in Religion and Morality brings together a dozen papers of varying length to these two themes so crucial to the life and thought of William James. Reflections on the two subjects permeate, first, James's presentation of his father's Literary Remains; second, his writings on human immortality and the relation between reason and faith; third, his two memorial pieces, one on Robert Gould Shaw and the other on Emerson; fourth, his consideration of the energies and powers of human life; and last, his writings on the possibilities of peace, especially as found in his famous essay "The Moral Equivalent of War." These speeches and essays were written over a period of twenty-four years. The fact that James did not collect and publish them himself in a single volume does not reflect on their intrinsic worth or on their importance in James's philosophical work, since they include some of the best known and most influential of his writings. All the essays, throughout their varied subject matter, are consistently and characteristically Jamesian in the freshness of their attack on the problems and failings of humankind and in their steady faith in human powers.
Author | : Michael J. Sandel |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2006-10-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0674744020 |
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In this book, Michael Sandel takes up some of the hotly contested moral and political issues of our time, including affirmative action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public life. He argues that the most prominent ideals in our political life--individual rights and freedom of choice--do not by themselves provide an adequate ethic for a democratic society. Sandel calls for a politics that gives greater emphasis to citizenship, community, and civic virtue, and that grapples more directly with questions of the good life. Liberals often worry that inviting moral and religious argument into the public sphere runs the risk of intolerance and coercion. These essays respond to that concern by showing that substantive moral discourse is not at odds with progressive public purposes, and that a pluralist society need not shrink from engaging the moral and religious convictions that its citizens bring to public life.
Author | : John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 784 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Aphorisms and apothegms |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Lord Henry Home Kames |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 1751 |
Genre | : Ethics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael Oakeshott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780300056433 |
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'The religious man will inherit nothing he cannot possess by actual insight... in place of an ideal of steady acquisition for some ulterior end in which, perhaps, he can never share, he will follow one which values it solely by its worth to present insight. And he will maintain a kind of candid detachment in the face of the very highest actual achievement.' -from 'Religion and the World'
Author | : John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 716 |
Release | : 1988-02 |
Genre | : Aphorisms and apothegms |
ISBN | : 9780865970519 |
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Lord Acton's essays on liberal Catholicism demonstrate the breadth and brilliance of his thought and the strength of his advocacy as the liberal intellectual of the last century. -- Professor S. W. Jackson, University of Victoria Volume III focuses on the intersection of religion with moral and political issues. Also included are three important essays, "Human Sacrifice," "George Eliot's Life," and "Buckle's Philosophy of History." The last section is composed of nearly two hundred pages of excerpts from Acton's remarkable letters and unpublished notes.
Author | : John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (barone) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 659 |
Release | : 1985 |
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ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Pell |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2007-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 081321503X |
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Drawing on a deep knowledge of history and human affairs, the essays pinpoint the key issues facing Christians and non-believers in determining the future of modern democratic life
Author | : Jonathan Dymond |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1842 |
Genre | : Duty |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Franklin I. Gamwell |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2020-08-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 143847931X |
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In this collection of essays, Franklin I. Gamwell offers a defense of transcendental metaphysics, especially in its neoclassical form, and builds a case for its importance as a tool for addressing abiding problems in philosophical theology and morality—including talk about God, human fault, moral decision, and the relationship of politics and religious freedom. In Part I, Gamwell argues against Kant and a wide range of contemporary philosophers, for the validity of transcendental metaphysics designated in the strict sense. He engages with Aquinas, Schleiermacher, Augustine, and Reinhold Niebuhr to argue that neoclassical metaphysics, for which the divine whole is itself temporal or forever self-surpassing, provides a more coherent account of God than does classical metaphysics, for which the divine whole is completely eternal. In Part II, Gamwell looks at transcendental metaphysics designated in the broad sense. In particular, he takes up the moral opportunity with which humans are presented, and argues that the moral law depends on a comprehensive good, that is, a good defined metaphysically in the strict sense. He then offers an extended discussion of the relation between transcendental metaphysics and morality, and explores Ronald Dworkin's view of the relationship between democracy and religion, the question of whether religious activities are properly exempted from generally applicable laws, and the constitutional debate about national and states' rights.