| Description |
1 online resource (216 pages) |
| Series |
Thinking in Action |
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Thinking in action
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| Contents |
Front Cover; On Humanism; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the Second Edition; One: Introduction; Two: Why Science Undermines Religion; Three: What's So Special About Human Beings?; Four: Morality in a Godless World; Five: The Meaning of Life and the Need for Stories; Six: The 'God Debate': Dead End or Dialogue?; Postscript: Organised Humanism; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
What is humanism and why does it matter? Is there any doctrine every humanist must hold? If it rejects religion, what does it offer in its place? Have the twentieth century's crimes against humanity spelled the end for humanism? On Humanism is a timely and powerfully argued philosophical defence of humanism. It is also an impassioned plea that we turn to ourselves, not religion, if we want to answer Socrates' age-old question: what is the best kind of life to lead? Although humanism has much in common with science, Richard Norman shows that it is far from a denial of the more mysterious, fragi |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203814352 |
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0203814355 |
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