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Routledge
160 Pages
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Routledge
160 Pages
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Routledge
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We call many things sacred, from cows, churches and paintings to flags and burial grounds. Is it still meaningful to talk of things being sacred, or is the idea merely a relic of a bygone religious age? Does everything - and every life - have its price?
Is Nothing Sacred? is a stimulating and wide-ranging debate about some of the major moral dilemmas facing us today, such as the value of... Read more
Introduction, Ben Rogers; Chapter 1 Nature, Science, and the Sacred, Richard Norman; Chapter 2 Is Nature Sacred?, Alan Holland; Chapter 3 Is Art Sacred?, Nigel Warburton; Chapter 4 Art and the Limitations of Experience, Matthew Kieran; Chapter 5 Is Life Sacred?, Suzanne Uniacke; Chapter 6 The Sacred and the Profane, Simona Giordano, John Harris; Chapter 7 Is Liberty Sacred?, Alan Haworth; Chapter 8 The Limits of Liberty, Michael Clark; Chapter 9 The Idea of the Sacred, Piers Benn; Chapter 10 Salvaging the Sacred, Simon Blackburn; Chapter 11 The Sacred and the Scientist, Richard Dawkins; Chapter 12 The Concept of the Sacred, Ronald Dworkin;
Biography
Ben Rogers is based at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London. He is the author of Beef and Liberty: Beef, Bull and English Patriots (2003), A J Ayer: A Life (1999) and Pascal (1998).
'A collection that demands to be read by anyone with an interest in philosophy, even (perhaps especially) if they have a faith' – David Self, Times Educational Supplement
'Outstanding' – Bel Mooney, The Times'This is a collection that demands to be read by anyone with an interest in philosophy.' – Times Education Supplement
