LEADER 05244nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910825530803321 005 20230725015529.0 010 $a1-4443-9044-9 010 $a1-282-68994-0 010 $a9786612689949 010 $a1-4443-2532-9 010 $a1-4443-2533-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012017 035 $a(EBL)543023 035 $a(OCoLC)645098874 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000427873 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11274726 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427873 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413991 035 $a(PQKB)10885534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC543023 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL543023 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10394851 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL268994 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012017 100 $a20100218d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe secular outlook$b[electronic resource] $ein defense of moral and political secularism /$fPaul Cliteur 210 $aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 225 1 $aBlackwell public philosophy ;$v10 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4443-3521-9 311 $a1-4443-3520-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political Secularism; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Secular Outlook; 1: Atheism, Agnosticism, and Theism; The Alpha Privative; Atheism and Liberal Concepts of God; Atheism as an Unpopular Position; A Definition of Atheism; Motives for Atheism; Atheist Values; Spiritual Excellences and the Liberal Decalogue; Agnosticism; The History of Agnosticism; Huxley and Russell; Pascal's Wager; Pascal's Insight; Atheism or Non-Theism?; 2: Freethought I : Criticism of Religion; "E?crasez l'Infa?me"; Religion and Evil; Religious Violence 327 $aFather and DaughterHow to Discover a Relationship between Religion and Violence; Ramadan v. Hirsi Ali; Religion "per se"; Textual Relativism; Can Translation Mitigate All Immoral Passages in Scripture?; Can Interpretation Mitigate All Immoral Passages in Scripture?; Why Are "Moderates" so Reluctant to Criticize Religion?; The Bible on Apostasy; Biblical Terrorism: The Story of Phinehas; Biblical Violence and Modern Legal Practice; The Book of History; Some Objections; 3: Freethought II : Freedom of Expression; Mill on Liberty; Khomeini v. Rushdie; Fukuyama Giving Up on the Arabic World 327 $aThe Limits of Free SpeechThe Deontological and Utilitarian Justifications for Free Speech; Clifford on the Duty to Critique; Freedom of Speech and Philosophers on the Index; Intolerance not Restricted to Islam; Giniewski v. France; Freethought under Fire; People Are Not Being Insulted for Having a Religion; Racism without Race; Social Criticism not Identical with the Urge to Provoke; Flemming Rose on Why He Published the Danish Cartoons; The Theory of Evolution: Too Controversial to Defend?; Is There Another Way to Discover the Truth than by Free Discussion?; 4: Moral and Political Secularism 327 $aPope Benedict XVI on the Apostles' Creed"Who Are You to Tell Believers What to Believe?"; What Judaism, Christendom, and Islam Have in Common: Theism; Divine Command Theories; Abraham and Isaac; The Story of Abraham in the Qur'an; The Story of Jephtha; Adherents of Divine Command Theory; Command Ethics or Divine Command Ethics?; An Assessment of Divine Command Ethics; Kierkegaard and Mill; Kohlberg and Moral Education; Religious and Secular Ethics; Worship; Kant's Struggle with Moral Autonomy and Free Speech; Kant's Legacy in Nineteenth-Century German Theology 327 $aSchleiermacher as the Father of Modern HermeneuticsArmstrong's Plea for Liberal Interpretation; A New Way to Look at the "Sacredness" of Scripture?; Classic Books and Sacred Books; Violating the Integrity of the Text; Is Hermeneutics the Only Way to Modernize Traditions?; Is Islam "Secularization-Resistant" ?; Two Kinds of Reformers: Liberal Islam and Secular Islam; Selected Reading; Index 330 $aThe Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political Secularism shows how people can live together and overcome the challenge of religious terrorism by adopting a ""secular outlook"" on life and politics. Shows how secularism can answer the problem of religious terrorismProvides new perspectives on how religious minorities can be integrated into liberal democraciesReveals how secularism has gained a new political and moral significance.Also examines such topics as atheism, religious criticism and free speech 410 0$aBlackwell public philosophy ;$v10. 606 $aSecularism 606 $aFree thought 606 $aReligion and ethics 606 $aReligion and politics 615 0$aSecularism. 615 0$aFree thought. 615 0$aReligion and ethics. 615 0$aReligion and politics. 676 $a211/.6 700 $aCliteur$b P. B$0939838 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825530803321 996 $aThe secular outlook$93947793 997 $aUNINA