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The secular outlook [[electronic resource] ] : in defense of moral and political secularism / / Paul Cliteur
The secular outlook [[electronic resource] ] : in defense of moral and political secularism / / Paul Cliteur
Autore Cliteur P. B
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (327 p.)
Disciplina 211/.6
Collana Blackwell public philosophy
Soggetto topico Secularism
Free thought
Religion and ethics
Religion and politics
ISBN 1-4443-9044-9
1-282-68994-0
9786612689949
1-4443-2532-9
1-4443-2533-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The 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; "Écrasez l'Infâme"; Religion and Evil; Religious Violence
Father 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
The 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
Pope 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
Schleiermacher 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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910139186103321
Cliteur P. B  
Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The secular outlook : in defense of moral and political secularism / / Paul Cliteur
The secular outlook : in defense of moral and political secularism / / Paul Cliteur
Autore Cliteur P. B
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (327 p.)
Disciplina 211/.6
Collana Blackwell public philosophy
Soggetto topico Secularism
Free thought
Religion and ethics
Religion and politics
ISBN 1-4443-9044-9
1-282-68994-0
9786612689949
1-4443-2532-9
1-4443-2533-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The 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; "Écrasez l'Infâme"; Religion and Evil; Religious Violence
Father 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
The 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
Pope 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
Schleiermacher 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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910825530803321
Cliteur P. B  
Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui