Author: William James
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674267350
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Essays in Religion and Morality brings together a dozen papers of varying length to these two themes so crucial to the life and thought of William James. Reflections on the two subjects permeate, first, James's presentation of his father's Literary Remains; second, his writings on human immortality and the relation between reason and faith; third, his two memorial pieces, one on Robert Gould Shaw and the other on Emerson; fourth, his consideration of the energies and powers of human life; and last, his writings on the possibilities of peace, especially as found in his famous essay "The Moral Equivalent of War." These speeches and essays were written over a period of twenty-four years. The fact that James did not collect and publish them himself in a single volume does not reflect on their intrinsic worth or on their importance in James's philosophical work, since they include some of the best known and most influential of his writings. All the essays, throughout their varied subject matter, are consistently and characteristically Jamesian in the freshness of their attack on the problems and failings of humankind and in their steady faith in human powers.
Essays in Religion and Morality
Author: William James
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674267350
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Essays in Religion and Morality brings together a dozen papers of varying length to these two themes so crucial to the life and thought of William James. Reflections on the two subjects permeate, first, James's presentation of his father's Literary Remains; second, his writings on human immortality and the relation between reason and faith; third, his two memorial pieces, one on Robert Gould Shaw and the other on Emerson; fourth, his consideration of the energies and powers of human life; and last, his writings on the possibilities of peace, especially as found in his famous essay "The Moral Equivalent of War." These speeches and essays were written over a period of twenty-four years. The fact that James did not collect and publish them himself in a single volume does not reflect on their intrinsic worth or on their importance in James's philosophical work, since they include some of the best known and most influential of his writings. All the essays, throughout their varied subject matter, are consistently and characteristically Jamesian in the freshness of their attack on the problems and failings of humankind and in their steady faith in human powers.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674267350
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Essays in Religion and Morality brings together a dozen papers of varying length to these two themes so crucial to the life and thought of William James. Reflections on the two subjects permeate, first, James's presentation of his father's Literary Remains; second, his writings on human immortality and the relation between reason and faith; third, his two memorial pieces, one on Robert Gould Shaw and the other on Emerson; fourth, his consideration of the energies and powers of human life; and last, his writings on the possibilities of peace, especially as found in his famous essay "The Moral Equivalent of War." These speeches and essays were written over a period of twenty-four years. The fact that James did not collect and publish them himself in a single volume does not reflect on their intrinsic worth or on their importance in James's philosophical work, since they include some of the best known and most influential of his writings. All the essays, throughout their varied subject matter, are consistently and characteristically Jamesian in the freshness of their attack on the problems and failings of humankind and in their steady faith in human powers.
Essays in the Philosophy of Religion
Author: Philip L. Quinn
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 019156950X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This volume presents a selection of essays by the late Philip Quinn, one of the world's leading philosophers of religion. Quinn left behind an influential body of work on a wide variety of topics. He was the author of Divine Commands and Moral Requirements (1978) and of more than two hundred papers in philosophy. Fourteen of his best and most influential contributions to the philosophy of religion are gathered here. The papers have been organized around the following topics: religious epistemology, religious ethics, religion and tragic dilemmas, religion and political liberalism, topics in Christian philosophy, and religious diversity.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 019156950X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This volume presents a selection of essays by the late Philip Quinn, one of the world's leading philosophers of religion. Quinn left behind an influential body of work on a wide variety of topics. He was the author of Divine Commands and Moral Requirements (1978) and of more than two hundred papers in philosophy. Fourteen of his best and most influential contributions to the philosophy of religion are gathered here. The papers have been organized around the following topics: religious epistemology, religious ethics, religion and tragic dilemmas, religion and political liberalism, topics in Christian philosophy, and religious diversity.
Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion
Author: Lord Henry Home Kames
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Essays on Religion and Education
Author: Richard Mervyn Hare
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198249962
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
R. M. Hare, one of the most widely discussed of today's moral philosophers, here presents his most important essays on religion and education, in which he brings together the theoretical and the practical.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198249962
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
R. M. Hare, one of the most widely discussed of today's moral philosophers, here presents his most important essays on religion and education, in which he brings together the theoretical and the practical.
The Ethics of Belief. [By William K. Clifford. A Paper Read Before the Metaphysical Society.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Religion and Morality; a Collection of Essays
Author: Gene H. Outka
Publisher: Anchor Books
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Publisher: Anchor Books
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Essays on Law, Morality, and Religion
Author: Gerard V. Bradley
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ISBN: 9781587312304
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Finally, Bradley takes up the questions of religious liberty and how our democratic polity should treat religion. These chapters cover the original meaning of the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, the role of Catholicism in the post-World War II controversies over movie censorship as they played out in the Supreme Court, and emerging challenges to religious liberty in the 21st century."--Pub. desc.
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ISBN: 9781587312304
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Finally, Bradley takes up the questions of religious liberty and how our democratic polity should treat religion. These chapters cover the original meaning of the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, the role of Catholicism in the post-World War II controversies over movie censorship as they played out in the Supreme Court, and emerging challenges to religious liberty in the 21st century."--Pub. desc.
Faith in a Hard Ground
Author: G.E.M. Anscombe
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1845402820
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Elizabeth Anscombe's forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics, published in 2005.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1845402820
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Elizabeth Anscombe's forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics, published in 2005.
Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism
Author: John Stuart Mill
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Category : God
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Category : God
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Believing by Faith
Author: John Bishop
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019920554X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Does our available evidence show that some particular religion is correct? It seems unlikely, given the great diversity of religious - and non-religious - views of the world. But if no religious beliefs can be shown true on the evidence, can it be right to make a religious commitment? Should people make 'leaps of faith'? Or would we all be better off avoiding commitments that outrun our evidence? And, if leaps of faith can be acceptable, how do we tell the difference between goodand bad ones - between sound religion and dogmatic ideology or fundamentalist fanaticism? Believing by Faith offers answers to these questions, inspired by a famous attempt to justify faith made by William James in 1896. In doing so, it engages critically with much recent discussion in the philosophyof religion, and, especially, the epistemology of religious belief.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019920554X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Does our available evidence show that some particular religion is correct? It seems unlikely, given the great diversity of religious - and non-religious - views of the world. But if no religious beliefs can be shown true on the evidence, can it be right to make a religious commitment? Should people make 'leaps of faith'? Or would we all be better off avoiding commitments that outrun our evidence? And, if leaps of faith can be acceptable, how do we tell the difference between goodand bad ones - between sound religion and dogmatic ideology or fundamentalist fanaticism? Believing by Faith offers answers to these questions, inspired by a famous attempt to justify faith made by William James in 1896. In doing so, it engages critically with much recent discussion in the philosophyof religion, and, especially, the epistemology of religious belief.