Research Catalog

Title

Toward a new enlightenment : the philosophy of Paul Kurtz / Paul Kurtz ; edited with an introduction by Vern L. Bullough and Timothy J. Madigan.

Author

Kurtz, Paul, 1925-2012.

Publication

New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bullough, Vern L.
• Madigan, Tim.

Description

xiii, 401 pages; 23 cm

Subjects

• Humanism
• 1900-1999
• Kurtz, Paul
• History
• Democratie
• Scepticisme
• Atheïsme
• Humanisme (levensbeschouwing)
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Philosophie
• Skepticism
• Humanistic ethics
• Enlightenment
• Atheism
• atheism
• Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
• Humanism > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• A collection of articles and essays, the majority of which were previously published after 1980 in magazines and journals.

Bibliography (note)

• "Selected list of publications by Paul Kurtz": p. 353-388.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Vern L. Bullough -- Preface / Paul Kurtz -- Introduction: Toward a New Enlightenment -- pt. 1. Ethics and the Planetary Society -- Introduction to Part One / Vern L. Bullough -- 1. Humanist Ethics: Eating the Forbidden Fruit -- 2. The Relevance of Science to Ethics -- 3. The Twenty-First Century and Beyond: The Need for a New Global Ethic and a Declaration of Interdependence -- pt. 2. Democratic Ideas, Pluralism -- Introduction to Part Two / Timothy J. Madigan -- 4. Humanism and the Freedom of the Individual -- 5. Democracy without Theology: Dialogue with Evangelists -- 6. Excellence and Irrelevance: Democracy and the Higher Learning -- 7. Misuses of Civil Disobedience -- 8. The Limits of Tolerance -- 9. Beyond Multiculturalism: Toward a Humanist Universalism -- 10. Will Secularism Survive? -- pt. 3. Skepticism: Science and Antiscience -- Introduction to Part Three / Vern L. Bullough -- 11. The Scientific Attitude vs. Antiscience and Pseudoscience -- 12. Antireason -- 13. Science and the Paranormal: An Overview -- 14. Skepticism about the Paranormal: Legitimate and Illegitimate -- pt. 4. Atheism, Humanism, and Religion -- Introduction to Part Four / Timothy J. Madigan -- 15. Humanism and the Open Society: Dialogues with Marxists and Roman Catholics -- 16. Militant Atheism vs. Freedom of Conscience: Reflections on the Moscow Atheist/Humanist Dialogue -- 17. Humanism and Atheism: Exploring Similarities and Differences -- 18. The Church under Siege: Reflections on the Vatican/Humanist Dialogue -- 19. The Argument from Revelation Reexamined -- 20. Is Life Meaningful in a Universe without God? -- 21. Finding a Common Ground between Believers and Unbelievers -- 22. The Growth of Fundamentalism Worldwide: A Humanist Response -- pt. 5. Paul Kurtz in Person and in Action -- Introduction to Part Five / Vern L. Bullough -- 23. In Defense of Eupraxophy -- 24. Promethean Love: Unbound -- 25. On Nearly Dying -- Unceremoniously and Unexpectedly -- 26. The Case for Euthanasia: A Humanistic Perspective -- pt. 6. On the Barricades -- Introduction to Part Six / Timothy J. Madigan -- 27. Does Faith Healing Work? -- 28. Faith Healing: Miracle or Hoax? -- 29. The New Inquisition in the Schools -- 30. Bigfoot on the Loose; or, How to Create a Legend -- 31. A Case Study of the West Pittston Haunted House -- 32. Near-Death Experiences: A Skeptical View -- Selected List of Publications by Paul Kurtz / Ranjit Sandhu.

ISBN

• 1560001186
• 9781560001188

LCCN

93017058

OCLC

• ocm27896484
• 27896484
• SCSB-9478756

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library