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Hardback. Pagan Ethics Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRQM; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 836.
This book is the first comprehensive examination of the ethical parameters of paganism when considered as a world religion alongside Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. The issues of evil, value and idolatry from a pagan perspective are analyzed as part of the Western ethical tradition from the Sophists and Platonic schools through the philosophers Spinoza, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche to such contemporary thinkers as Grayling, Mackie, MacIntyre, Habermas, Levinas, Santayana, etc. From a more practical viewpoint, a delineation of applied pagan ethics is then presented in connection with current moral issues such as same-sex union, recreational drugs, environmental awareness, ... Read more
This book is the first comprehensive examination of the ethical parameters of paganism when considered as a world religion alongside Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. The issues of evil, value and idolatry from a pagan perspective are analyzed as part of the Western ethical tradition from the Sophists and Platonic schools through the philosophers Spinoza, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche to such contemporary thinkers as Grayling, Mackie, MacIntyre, Habermas, Levinas, Santayana, etc. From a more practical viewpoint, a delineation of applied pagan ethics is then presented in connection with current moral issues such as same-sex union, recreational drugs, environmental awareness, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
435
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319189222
SKU
V9783319189222
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About Michael York
Michael York is Professor of Cultural Astronomy and Astrology (Bath Spa University), Co-Director of the Academy for Cultural and Educational Studies (London), Instructor with Cherry Hill Seminary, former Chair of Contemporary Pagan Studies (American Academy of Religion), and author of Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion.
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