Is Nothing Sacred?Ben Mark Rogers Psychology Press, 2004 - 148 páginas We call many things sacred, from cows, churches and paintings to flags and burial grounds. Is it still meaningful to talk of things being sacred, or is the idea merely a relic of a bygone religious age? Does everything - and every life - have its price? Is Nothing Sacred? is a stimulating and wide-ranging debate about some of the major moral dilemmas facing us today, such as the value of human life, art, the environment, and personal freedom. |
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... destroy an eco - system , are reduced to a hypothesised ' willingness to pay ' on the part of all those affected . - There is no denying the appeal of this way of thinking . It offers us the promise of a neat and tidy moral calculus ...
... destroy or forgo some great good to save another - it might be said , to put it grandly , that this is an essential aspect of humanity's tragic pre- dicament . We give up some degree of freedom for security , or make choices between ...
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Nature Science and the Sacred | 7 |
Is Nature Sacred? Response to Richard Norman | 28 |
Is Art Sacred? | 42 |
Art and the Limitations of Experience Response to Nigel Warburton | 51 |
Is Life Sacred? | 59 |
The Sacred and the Profane Response to Suzanne Uniacke | 81 |
Is Liberty Sacred? | 93 |
The Limits of Liberty A response to Alan Haworth | 111 |
The Idea of the Sacred | 119 |
Salvaging the Sacred | 128 |
The Sacred and the Scientist | 135 |
The Concept of the Sacred A Response to My Critics | 138 |
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