Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament
Essays 2002-2008
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 14 January 2010
- ISBN 9780195394115
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages184 pages
- Size 157x236x22 mm
- Weight 471 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This volume collects recent essays and reviews by Thomas Nagel in three subject areas. The first section, including the title essay, is concerned with religious belief and some of the philosophical questions connected with it, such as the relation between religion and evolutionary theory, the question of why there is something rather than nothing, and the significance for human life of our place in the cosmos. It includes a defense of the relevance of religion to science education. The second section concerns the interpretation of liberal political theory, especially in an international context. A substantial essay argues that the principles of distributive justice that apply within individual nation-states do not apply to the world as a whole. The third section discusses the distinctive contributions of four philosophers to our understanding of what it is to be human-the form of human consciousness and the source of human values.
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This volume collects recent essays and reviews by Thomas Nagel in three subject areas. The first section, including the title essay, is concerned with religious belief and some of the philosophical questions connected with it, such as the relation between religion and evolutionary theory, the question of why there is something rather than nothing, and the significance for human life of our place in the cosmos. It includes a defense of the relevance of religion to science education. The second section concerns the interpretation of liberal political theory, especially in an international context. A substantial essay argues that the principles of distributive justice that apply within individual nation-states do not apply to the world as a whole. The third section discusses the distinctive contributions of four philosophers to our understanding of what it is to be human--the form of human consciousness and the source of human values.
These essays are all written in Nagel's clear and familiar style; they combine substantial arguments and insights with the charms of a friendly conversation partner. Highly recommended to those interested in theism versus atheism and the current science-religion debate.
Table of Contents:
Part I. Religion
Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament
Dawkins and Atheism
Why Is There Anything?
Nietzsche's Self-Creation
Public Education and Intelligent Design
Part II. Politics
The Problem of Global Justice
The Limits of International Law
Appiah's Rooted Cosmopolitanism
Sandel and the Paradox of Liberalism
MacKinnon on Sexual Domination
Part III. Humanity
Williams: The Value of Truth
Williams: Humanity and Philosophy
Wiggins on Human Solidarity
O'Shaughnessy on the Stream of Consciousness
Sartre: The Look and the Problem of Other Minds
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