Multi-secularism : a new agenda /: a new agenda. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Kurtz.
• Other Names: Kurtz, Paul, 1925-2012
• Contents: The secular humanist prospect in historical perspective -- Naturalism and the future -- Naturalism, secularism, and humanism -- The ethics of secularism -- Morality is natural -- Affirming life -- The pursuit of excellence: raising the level of taste and appreciation -- A good will -- Neo-humanism -- A modified naturalistic ethical theory -- Skeptical inquiry and religion -- Why I am a skeptic about religious claims -- Religion in conflict : are "evangelical atheists" too outspoken? -- The passion as a political weapon : anti-Semitism and the Gospels -- Creating secular and humanist alternatives to religion -- Is America a post-democratic society? -- The new American plutocracy -- Can we bridge the great cultural divide? -- The industrial-technological revolution -- The new China and the old -- The convictions of a secular humanist -- The transformation of universities -- Final reflections : perhaps facing death.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (271 pages)
• Subjects: 211.6; Secular humanism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351504249
• Related ISBNs: 135150424X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.