Morality As A Religion

Author : Professor William J Wainwright
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409476979

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Religion and Morality by Professor William J Wainwright Pdf

Religion and Morality addresses central issues arising from religion's relation to morality. Part I offers a sympathetic but critical appraisal of the claim that features of morality provide evidence for the truth of religious belief. Part II examines divine command theories, objections to them, and positive arguments in their support. Part III explores tensions between human morality, as ordinarily understood, and religious requirements by discussing such issues as the conflict between Buddhist and Christian pacifism and requirements of justice, whether 'virtue' without a love of God is really a vice, whether the God of the Abrahamic religions could require us to do something that seems clearly immoral, and the ambiguous relations between religious mysticism and moral behavior. Covering a broad range of topics, this book draws on both historical and contemporary literature, and explores afresh central issues of morality and religion offering new insights for students, academics and the general reader interested in philosophy and religion.

Author : Donald M. Broom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521529247

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The Evolution of Morality and Religion by Donald M. Broom Pdf

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Author : Alan Harris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429638077

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Teaching Morality and Religion by Alan Harris Pdf

First published in 1976. It can be argued that both moral and religious education are undervalued in schools. The author, Alan Harris, believes that too many people think of them as indoctrinatory subjects with moral educators’ telling people what they ought to do and religious educators telling them what they ought to believe. By a combination of practical examples of both good and bad teaching from the classroom and clear, analytical examination of what is meant by moral and religious education, the author shows that the object of both subjects should be to help pupils form their own judgements.

Author : Phil Zuckerman
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781640094246

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What It Means to Be Moral by Phil Zuckerman Pdf

“A thoughtful perspective on humans' capacity for moral behavior.” —Kirkus Reviews “A comprehensive introduction to religious skepticism.” —Publishers Weekly In What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life, Phil Zuckerman argues that morality does not come from God. Rather, it comes from us: our brains, our evolutionary past, our ongoing cultural development, our social experiences, and our ability to reason, reflect, and be sensitive to the suffering of others. By deconstructing religious arguments for God–based morality and guiding readers through the premises and promises of secular morality, Zuckerman argues that the major challenges facing the world today—from global warming and growing inequality to religious support for unethical political policies to gun violence and terrorism—are best approached from a nonreligious ethical framework. In short, we need to look to our fellow humans and within ourselves for moral progress and ethical action. “In this brilliant, provocative, and timely book, Phil Zuckerman breaks down the myth that our morality comes from religion—compellingly making the case that when it comes to the biggest challenges we face today, a secular approach is the only truly moral one.” —Ali A. Rizvi, author of The Atheist Muslim

Author : Daromir Rudnyckyj,Filippo Osella
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107186057

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Religion and the Morality of the Market by Daromir Rudnyckyj,Filippo Osella Pdf

This book focuses on how neoliberal market practices engender new forms of religiosity, and how religiosity shapes economic actions.

Author : Daniel Statman,Avi Sagi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004463868

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Religion and Morality by Daniel Statman,Avi Sagi Pdf

Religion and Morality seeks to answer two fundamental questions regarding the relation between religion and morality. The first is the puzzle posed by Socrates, the so-called 'Euthyphro dilemma', which asks: is morality valuable by virtue of its intrinsic importance and worth, or is morality valuable because, and only because, God approves it and commands us to follow its dictates? The second question is raised by Kierkegaard in Fear and Trembling. He asks: Is a conflict between religion and morality possible? Does God ever demand that we neglect our moral commitments? The discussion on these questions is divided into three parts. In the first two parts, we discuss the idea that morality depends on religion. The authors distinguish two types of dependence: strong dependence, according to which the very existence, or validity, of moral obligations depends on God's command, and weak dependence, according to which though morality itself is independent of God, God (or belief in God) is necessary to enable human beings to know their moral duties and to carry them out. The authors reject the strong dependence thesis, as well as most versions of the weak dependence. The third part of the book discusses different versions of the view that religion might conflict with morality. The authors reject this view, and show that very few religious thinkers would follow it all the way through to its ultimate consequences. The book has implications for the philosophy of religion, in its emphasis on the centrality of the moral element in religion, and for moral philosophy, in its highlighting, among other things, of the nature of moral judgments.

Author : William James
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0674267354

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Essays in Religion and Morality by William James Pdf

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 : D. Z. Phillips
Publisher : Springer
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781349135585

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Religion and Morality by D. Z. Phillips Pdf

Reflection on religion inevitably involves consideration of its relation to morality. When great evil is done to human beings, we may feel that something absolute has been violated. Can that sense, which is related to gratitude for existence, be expressed without religious concepts? Can we express central religious concerns, such as losing the self, while abandoning any religious metaphysic? Is moral obligation itself dependent on divine commands if it is to be objective, or is morality not only independent of religion, but its accuser if God is said to allow horrendous evils? In any case, what happens to the absolute claims of religion in what is, undeniably, a morally pluralistic world? These are the central questions discussed by philosophers of religion and moral philosophers in this collection. They do so in ways which bring new aspects to bear on these traditional issues.

Author : Basil Mitchell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198245378

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Morality, Religious and Secular by Basil Mitchell Pdf

This book analyzes the moral confusion of contemporary society, relating rival conceptions of morality with a wide variety of views about the nature and predicament of man. Mitchell argues that many secular thinkers possess a traditional "Christian" conscience which they find hard to defend in terms of an entirely secular world-view, but which is more in line with a Christian understanding of man.

Author : Richard Holloway
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781847676795

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Godless Morality by Richard Holloway Pdf

The use of God in any moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless. We can argue whether this or that alleged claim emanated from God, but surely it is better to leave God out of the argument altogether and find strong human reasons for supporting the systems that we advocate. Godless Morality is a refreshing, courageous and human-centred justification for contemporary morality.

Author : Gene H. Outka,John P. Reeder
Publisher : Anchor Books
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X000027013

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Religion and Morality; a Collection of Essays by Gene H. Outka,John P. Reeder Pdf

Author : Allen W. Wood
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080147552X

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Kant's Moral Religion by Allen W. Wood Pdf

Kant's Moral Religion argues that Kant's doctrine of religious belief if consistent with his best critical thinking and, in fact, that the "moral arguments"--along with the faith they justify--are an integral part of Kant's critical thinking.

Author : Michael Bergmann,Patrick Kain
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199669776

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Challenges to Moral and Religious Belief by Michael Bergmann,Patrick Kain Pdf

Fourteen original essays by philosophers, theologians, and social scientists explore the challenges to moral and religious belief posed by disagreement and evolution. The collection represents both sceptical and non-skeptical positions about morality and religion, cultivates new insights, and moves the discussion forward in illuminating ways.

Author : William Mackintire Salter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Ethical culture movement
ISBN : NYPL:33433068181381

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Ethical Religion by William Mackintire Salter Pdf

This book is made up of lectures given, for the most part, before the Society for Ethical Culture of Chicago. The premise tying all of these lectures together is that while not all religions teach morality, they are all based on ethical principles; that it is one's duty to obey the laws of ethics whether or not one professes a religion; and that men who would not obey them could do no good either to themselves or to others, in this world or the next. Moral action, ethics, Darwinism, the social ideal, personal morality, the ethics of Jesus, the failure of Protestantism and Unitarianism, and the basis of the ethical movement are among the topics discussed.

Author : Hansjörg Dilger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316514221

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Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith by Hansjörg Dilger Pdf

Examines how learning and teaching morality in Tanzania's faith-oriented schools is inextricably interwoven with the complex power relations of an interconnected world.