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The moral arc : how science and reason lead humanity toward truth, justice, and freedom / Michael Shermer.
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 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780805096910
- Physical Description: 541 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Science > Moral and ethical aspects > History. Science > Social aspects > History. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Smithers Public Library | ANF 170.9 SHE (Text) | 35101000450622 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
