LEADER 02726nam 22005415 450 001 9910373940003321 005 20230810165949.0 010 $a9783030350369 010 $a3030350363 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-35036-9 035 $a(CKB)4900000000504986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6023033 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-35036-9 035 $a(PPN)270729488 035 $a(Perlego)3480495 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000000504986 100 $a20200113d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Secular Absolute $eHow Modern Philosophy Discovered Authenticity /$fby Ulrich Steinvorth 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages) 311 08$a9783030350352 311 08$a3030350355 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Kant's Vernünftigkeit -- Chapter 3: Hegel's Sittlichkeit -- Chapter 4: Heidegger's Eigentlichkeit -- Chapter 5: Reflections. 330 $aPremodern societies believed in something sacred that obliged unconditionally. Modern societies rely on fallible science. Do they also need something absolute, a secular sacred? Steinvorth analyzes the writings of modern philosophers who claim that there is an absolute norm: the norm to be rational and authentic. In his view, their claim is true if it is reinterpreted. The norm is not moral, as it was thought to be, but metaphysical, and authenticity is not self-realization, but doing things for their own sake. In discussing the pros and cons of philosophical claims on absolutes, this book spreads out the rich pool of philosophical ideas and clarifies urgent contemporary questions about what can be demanded with universal validity. It argues this is not only the principle of justice, not to harm, but also a metaphysical principle by which to find meaning in life. Moreover, it points to some consequences this principle has in politics. 606 $aContinental philosophy 606 $aIntellectual life$xHistory 606 $aContinental Philosophy 606 $aIntellectual History 615 0$aContinental philosophy. 615 0$aIntellectual life$xHistory. 615 14$aContinental Philosophy. 615 24$aIntellectual History. 676 $a110 676 $a901 700 $aSteinvorth$b Ulrich$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0152105 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910373940003321 996 $aA Secular Absolute$92032292 997 $aUNINA