Paul Kurtz
Skepticism and Humanism
The New Paradigm
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Democratic revolutions and the doctrine of universal human rights have captured the imagination of large sectors of humanity, while major advances in science and technology continue to conquer disease and extend life, contributing to rising standards of living, affluence, and cultural freedom on a worldwide basis. Paradoxically, ancient authoritarian fundamentalist religions have grown in vitriolic intensity along with bizarre New Age, media-driven paranormal belief systems. Also surprising is the resurgence of primitive tribal and ethnic loyalties, unleashing wars of intolerance and bitterness. Kurtz locates these threatening developments wi…
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Democratic revolutions and the doctrine of universal human rights have captured the imagination of large sectors of humanity, while major advances in science and technology continue to conquer disease and extend life, contributing to rising standards of living, affluence, and cultural freedom on a worldwide basis. Paradoxically, ancient authoritarian fundamentalist religions have grown in vitriolic intensity along with bizarre New Age, media-driven paranormal belief systems. Also surprising is the resurgence of primitive tribal and ethnic loyalties, unleashing wars of intolerance and bitterness. Kurtz locates these threatening developments within a largely unchallenged theological worldview. He proposes, as an alternative to religion, a new cultural paradigm rooted in scientific naturalism, rationalism, and a humanistic outlook.The skeptical world view has been given little currency even in advanced societies, because of a cultural prohibition against the criticism of religion. At the same time, science has become increasingly narrow and specialized so that few people can draw on its broader intellectual and cultural implications. Skepticism and Humanism attempts to meet this need. It defends skepticism as a method for developing reliable knowledge by using scientific inquiry and reason to test all claims to truth. It also defends scientific naturalism -- an evolutionary view of nature, life, and the human species. Kurtz sees the dominant religious doctrines as drawn from an agricultural/nomadic past, and emphasizes the need for a new outlook applicable to the postindustrial information age.There can be no doubt that as a new global civilization emerges, scientific naturalism,rationalism, and secular humanism have something significant to say about the meaning of life. Skepticism and Humanism shows how they can be used to foster democratic values and social prosperity. The book will be important for philosophers, scientists, and all those concerned
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7658-0051-0
- EAN: 9780765800510
- Produktnummer: 23409135
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.0 cm 522 g
- Gewicht: 522
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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