The Fullness of Life
This book had its origins when Paul Kurtz published the four-page Humanist Manifesto II in The Humanist magazine. The generative ideas presented in the controversial Manifesto are fully developed in The Fullness of Life. In Part I, Kurtz takes us on a tour of the chief religious and moral philosophies available to Western man at this time. He gives detailed critiques of Christian theism and of Marxism. He shows how the original humanism of Marx has been betrayed in the Communist nations. The crux of the tragedy of modern Communist societies is that they have abandoned these fundamental human rights.In Part II, The Humanist Alternative, Kurtz…
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- ISBN: 978-0-87975-205-7
- EAN: 9780879752057
- Produktnummer: 9132087
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1980
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
Über den Autor
Paul Kurtz (1925-2012), professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, was the author or editor of more than fifty books, including The Transcendental Temptation, The Courage to Become, and Embracing the Power of Humanism, plus nine hundred articles and reviews. He was the founder and chairman of Prometheus Books, the Institute for Science and Human Values, the Center for Inquiry, the Council for Secular Humanism, and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He appeared on many major television and radio talk shows and has lectured at universities worldwide.
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