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Purpose in the universe : the moral and metaphysical case for Ananthropocentric Purposivism /

Two familiar worldviews dominate Western philosophy: materialist atheism and the benevolent God of the Abrahamic faiths. Tim Mulgan defends a third way. Ananthropocentric purposivism claims that there is a cosmic purpose, but human beings are irrelevant to it. He argues that non-human-centred cosmic...

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Main Author: Mulgan, Tim (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford Scholarship Online, 2015.
Subjects:
Religion > Philosophy.
Religious ethics.
Religion > Philosophie.
Morale religieuse.
religious ethics.
RELIGION > Philosophy.
Religion > Philosophy
Religious ethics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Two familiar worldviews dominate Western philosophy: materialist atheism and the benevolent God of the Abrahamic faiths. Tim Mulgan defends a third way. Ananthropocentric purposivism claims that there is a cosmic purpose, but human beings are irrelevant to it. He argues that non-human-centred cosmic purpose can ground a distinctive human morality.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-428) and index.
ISBN:0191066567
9780191813993
0191813990
9780191066566