The Moral Arc
How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 541 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"From Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously employed scientific techniques to better understand the non-physical world. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment led theorists to apply scientific reasoning to the non-scientific disciplines of politics, economics, and moral philosophy. Instead of relying on the woodcuts of dissected bodies in old medical texts, physicians opened bodies themselves to see what was there; instead of divining truth through the authority of an ancient holy book or philosophical treatise, people began to explore the book of nature for themselves through travel and exploration; instead of the supernatural belief in the divine right of kings, people employed a natural belief in the right of democracy. In this provocative and compelling book, Shermer will explain how abstract reasoning, rationality, empiricism, skepticism--scientific ways of thinking--have profoundly changed the way we perceive morality and, indeed, move us ever closer to a more just world"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History.
Science -- Social aspects -- History.
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
SCIENCE / History.
PSYCHOLOGY / General.
Science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History.
Science -- Social aspects -- History.
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
SCIENCE / History.
PSYCHOLOGY / General.
ISBN:
9780805096910 (hardback)
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PHILOSOPHY Ethics She | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
PHILOSOPHY Ethics She | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/13/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-526) and index.