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A Secular Absolute - How Modern Philosophy Discovered Authenticity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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A Secular Absolute - How Modern Philosophy Discovered Authenticity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Premodern societies believed in something sacred that obliged
unconditionally. Modern societies rely on fallible science. Do they
also need something absolute, a secular sacred? Steinvorth analyzes
the writings of modern philosophers who claim that there is an
absolute norm: the norm to be rational and authentic. In his view,
their claim is true if it is reinterpreted. The norm is not moral,
as it was thought to be, but metaphysical, and authenticity is not
self-realization, but doing things for their own sake. In
discussing the pros and cons of philosophical claims on absolutes,
this book spreads out the rich pool of philosophical ideas and
clarifies urgent contemporary questions about what can be demanded
with universal validity. It argues this is not only the principle
of justice, not to harm, but also a metaphysical principle by which
to find meaning in life. Moreover, it points to some consequences
this principle has in politics.
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