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Nature as Reason
Author | : Jean Porter |
Publsiher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0802849067 |
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This noteworthy book develops a new theory of the natural law that takes its orientation from the account of the natural law developed by Thomas Aquinas, as interpreted and supplemented in the context of scholastic theology in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Though this history might seem irrelevant to twenty-first-century life, Jean Porter shows that the scholastic approach to the natural law still has much to contribute to the contemporary discussion of Christian ethics. Aquinas and his interlocutors provide a way of thinking about the natural law that is distinctively theological while at the same time remaining open to other intellectual perspectives, including those of science. In the course of her work, Porter examines the scholastics' assumptions and beliefs about nature, Aquinas's account of happiness, and the overarching claim that reason can generate moral norms. Ultimately, Porter argues that a Thomistic theory of the natural law is well suited to provide a starting point for developing a more nuanced account of the relationship between specific beliefs and practices. While Aquinas's approach to the natural law may not provide a system of ethical norms that is both universally compelling and detailed enough to be practical, it does offer something that is arguably more valuable -- namely, a way of reflecting theologically on the phenomenon of human morality.
Reason in Nature
Author | : Matthew Boyle,Evgenia Mylonaki |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2022-12-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780674241046 |
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Against the dominant view of reductive naturalism, John McDowell argues that human life should be seen as transformed by reason so that human minds, while not supernatural, are sui generis. This collection assembles eleven critical essays that highlight the enduring significance and wide ramifications of McDowell’s unorthodox position.
Reason and Nature
Author | : José Luis Bermúdez,Alan Millar (Ph. D.) |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199256837 |
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In a series of essays nine philosophers and two psychologists address three main themes: the status of norms of rationality; the precise form taken by them; and the role of norms in belief and actions.
Natural
Author | : Alan Levinovitz |
Publsiher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2020-04-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780807010884 |
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Illuminates the far-reaching harms of believing that natural means “good,” from misinformation about health choices to justifications for sexism, racism, and flawed economic policies. People love what’s natural: it’s the best way to eat, the best way to parent, even the best way to act—naturally, just as nature intended. Appeals to the wisdom of nature are among the most powerful arguments in the history of human thought. Yet Nature (with a capital N) and natural goodness are not objective or scientific. In this groundbreaking book, scholar of religion Alan Levinovitz demonstrates that these beliefs are actually religious and highlights the many dangers of substituting simple myths for complicated realities. It may not seem like a problem when it comes to paying a premium for organic food. But what about condemnations of “unnatural” sexual activity? The guilt that attends not having a “natural” birth? Economic deregulation justified by the inherent goodness of “natural” markets? In Natural, readers embark on an epic journey, from Peruvian rainforests to the backcountry in Yellowstone Park, from a “natural” bodybuilding competition to a “natural” cancer-curing clinic. The result is an essential new perspective that shatters faith in Nature’s goodness and points to a better alternative. We can love nature without worshipping it, and we can work toward a better world with humility and dialogue rather than taboos and zealotry.
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Author | : Steven Pinker |
Publsiher | : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 834 |
Release | : 2012-09-25 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780143122012 |
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Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think this is the most violent age ever seen. Yet as bestselling author Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true.
Environmental Philosophy
Author | : Christopher Belshaw |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2014-12-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781317490043 |
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This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, focusing on questions of value, but taking in attendant issues in epistemology and metaphysics as well. The book begins by considering the nature, extent and origin of the environmental problems with which we need to be concerned. Chapters go on to consider familiar strategies for dealing with environmental problems, and then consider what sort of things are of direct moral concern, examining in turn at animals, non-sentient life-forms, natural but non-living things and deep ecology. The final part of the book investigates notions of value, natural beauty and the place of human beings in the scheme of things.
Reason and Nature
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Author | : Morris R. Cohen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 1985-01-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0841419965 |
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Nature Reason and the Good Life
Author | : Roger Teichmann |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2011-06-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780199606177 |
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At the centre of our ethical thought stands the human being. Roger Teichmann examines the ways in which facts about human nature determine the shape of ethical concepts such as rationality, virtue, and happiness. He argues that only by attending to the social and empirical character of language use can we address a number of problems in ethics.