Is Nothing Sacred?Ben Mark Rogers Psychology Press, 2004 - 148 страница We call many things sacred, from cows, churches and paintings to flags and burial grounds. Is it still meaningful to talk of things being sacred, or is the idea merely a relic of a bygone religious age? Does everything - and every life - have its price? Is Nothing Sacred? is a stimulating and wide-ranging debate about some of the major moral dilemmas facing us today, such as the value of human life, art, the environment, and personal freedom. |
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... concept of the sacred is essential to any human ethics , and Simon Blackburn explains why he thinks ' a humanist should not feel guilty at the emotions of awe and reverence that can be inspired by great religious works of art . Is ...
... 111 119 10 Salvaging the Sacred Simon Blackburn 128 11 The Sacred and the Scientist Richard Dawkins 135 12 The Concept of the Sacred Ronald Dworkin Index 138 144 vi Contributors Piers Benn is Lecturer in Medical Ethics at.
... concept of the sacred arouses in them . At the outset , however , it might be worth asking why this concept should pose the difficulty that it does to non - believers . Why should it continue , despite its obvious religious connotations ...
... concepts offer them another powerful way to articulate this fundamental distinction between different forms of worth . This quasi - religious language helps us articulate those contrasts ' between things which are recognised as of ...
... concept can be freed from its religious roots and given a place in a secular ethics . They point out that most dictionary definitions allow ' sacred ' to have non - religious as well as religious meanings . Even among these , however ...
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Nature Science and the Sacred | 7 |
Is Nature Sacred? Response to Richard Norman | 28 |
Is Art Sacred? | 42 |
Art and the Limitations of Experience Response to Nigel Warburton | 51 |
Is Life Sacred? | 59 |
The Sacred and the Profane Response to Suzanne Uniacke | 81 |
Is Liberty Sacred? | 93 |
The Limits of Liberty A response to Alan Haworth | 111 |
The Idea of the Sacred | 119 |
Salvaging the Sacred | 128 |
The Sacred and the Scientist | 135 |
The Concept of the Sacred A Response to My Critics | 138 |
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