期刊全稱 | A Secular Absolute | 期刊簡稱 | How Modern Philosoph | 影響因子2023 | Ulrich Steinvorth | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/143/142122/142122.mp4 | 發(fā)行地址 | Discusses the pros and cons of philosophical claims on absolutes.Analyzes the writings of modern philosophers who claim that there is an absolute norm.Draws upon the rich pool of philosophical ideas t | 圖書封面 |  | 影響因子 | .Premodern societies believed in something sacred that obliged unconditionally. Modern societies rely on fallible science. Do they also need something absolute, a secular sacred? Steinvorth analyzes the writings of modern philosophers who claim that there is an absolute norm: the norm to be rational and authentic. In his view, their claim is true if it is reinterpreted. The norm is not moral, as it was thought to be, but metaphysical, and authenticity is not self-realization, but doing things for their own sake.?..In discussing the pros and cons of philosophical claims on absolutes, this book spreads out the rich pool of philosophical ideas and clarifies urgent contemporary questions about what can be demanded with universal validity. It argues this is not only the principle of justice, not to harm, but also a metaphysical principle by which to find meaning in life. Moreover, it points to some consequences this principle has in politics.. | Pindex | Book 2020 |
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