Albert Schweitzer's Ethical Vision A Sourcebook (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Cicovacki, Predrag

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The philosophy of Albert Schweitzer has proved widely influential in modern thinking, especially in the field of ethics. His leading ethical idea can be summarized in the phrase "reverence for life" - namely, that good consists in maintaining and perfecting life, and evil consists in destroying and obstructing life. For Schweitzer, all life is sacred. Ethics thus deals with human attitudes and behavior toward all living beings. Unlike many moral philosophers, Schweitzer argues that knowledge of human nature does not provide a sufficient foundation for any adequate moral theory. That is why he bases his ethics on much broader foundations, articulated in his philosophy of civilization and the philosophy of religion. Schweitzer argues that the material aspect of our civilization has become far more important than its spiritual counterpart. Even organized religion has put itself in the service of politics and economy, thereby losing its vitality and moral authority. Schweitzer's ethics of reverence for life, argues Predrag Cicovacki, offers a viable alternative at a time when traditional ethical theories are found inadequate. Schweitzer's robust and un-dogmatic idealism may offer the best antidote to the prevailing relativism and nihilism of the postmodern epoch. His ethical vision directs us toward a new way of building a more just and more peaceful world. Collecting sixteen of Schweitzer's most effective essays, this volume serves as a compelling introduction to this remarkable thinker and humanist.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199703326
• Artikelnr.: 38127670

Autorenporträt

Predrag Cicovacki is an associate professor of philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I: A Foundation of the Ethics of Reverence for Life: Philosophy
of Religion and Philosophy of Civilization
* 1: Western and Indian Thought
* 2: The Historical Jesus
* 3: The Kingdom of God
* 4: Religion in Modern Civilization
* 5: The Decay of Civilization
* Part II: The Ethics of Reverence for Life
* 6: Civilization and Ethics
* 7: The Optimistic World-View in Kant
* 8: Schopenhauer and Nietzsches Quest for Elementary Ethics
* 9: Reverence for Life
* 10: The Ethics of Reverence for Life
* 11: The Problem of Ethics in the Evolution of Human Thought
* Part III: My Life is My Argument: The Application of the Ethics of
Reverence for Life
* 12: Bach and Aesthetics
* 13: Goethe the Philosopher
* 14: Gandhi and the Force of Nonviolence
* 15: The Problem of Peace in the World of Today
* 16: My Life is My Argument
* Chronology
* Bibliography