Author: Gerald A. Larue
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931779039
Category : Free thought
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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Author: Todd H. Weir
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107041562
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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This book explores the culture, politics, and ideas of the nineteenth-century German secularist movements of Free Religion, Freethought, Ethical Culture, and Monism. In it, Todd H. Weir argues that although secularists challenged church establishment and conservative orthodoxy, they were subjected to the forces of religious competition.

Author: John Mackinnon Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free thought
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Author: George H. Smith
Publisher: Cato Institute
ISBN: 1944424385
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Liberty of conscience and freedom of thought are twin, core components of modern life in societies across the world. The ability to pursue one?s vision of the right and the good, coupled with liberty to pursue individual reason and enlightenment, helped produce so much of modern life that we may be apt to forget that libertarian philosophy was not dictated by Nature. Freethought and Freedom surveys the long history of religious and intellectual liberty, exploring their key ideas along the way.

Author: George Jacob Holyoake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free thought
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Author: Karl Pearson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 492

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Author: Jonathan Rauch
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022613055X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 215

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The classic “compelling defense of free speech against its new enemies” now in an expanded edition with a foreword by George F. Will (Kirkus Reviews). “A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism; it means that we must allow people to err, even where the error offends and upsets, as it often will.” So writes Jonathan Rauch in Kindly Inquisitors, which has challenged readers for decades with its provocative analysis of attempts to limit free speech. In it, Rauch makes a persuasive argument for the value of “liberal science” and the idea that conflicting views produce knowledge within society. In this expanded edition of Kindly Inquisitors, a new foreword by George F. Will explores the book’s continued relevance, while a substantial new afterword by Rauch elaborates upon his original argument and brings it fully up to date. Two decades after the book’s initial publication, the regulation of hate speech has grown both domestically and internationally. But the answer to prejudice, Rauch argues, is pluralism—not purism. Rather than attempting to legislate bias and prejudice out of existence, we must pit them against one another to foster a more vigorous and fruitful discussion. It is this process, Rauch argues, that will enable our society to replace hate with knowledge, both ethical and empirical.

Author: Fred Whitehead
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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A stirring anthology that documents, in poetry, song, stories, memoirs, and essays, the breadth and scope of secularism from the early 19th century to the present. Included are pieces by the notables--Twain, Dreiser, Lindsay, Service, Sandburg, Hughes, Masters, et al.--as well as grassroots contributions. Also included are photographs of authors, historical sites, and The Truth seeker cartoons of Watson Hedges. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author: Karl Pearson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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Author: Bertrand Russell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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