Reading the Silences,Questioning the Terms: A Response to the Focus on Eighteenth-Century Ethics
It is striking that most of the essays in this Focus do not explore the specifically religious aspects of Enlightenment ethical thought. A principled reason for this may be found in a conception of religion that makes it hard for Enlightenment thinkers to seem religious at all. Neither does this con...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2000
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2000, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 281-284 |
Further subjects: | B
Rationalism
B Pluralism B Modernity B Enlightenment B Religion |
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Summary: | It is striking that most of the essays in this Focus do not explore the specifically religious aspects of Enlightenment ethical thought. A principled reason for this may be found in a conception of religion that makes it hard for Enlightenment thinkers to seem religious at all. Neither does this conception fit anything that is likely to be a live option for most people today, and the now prevalent unpopularity of eighteenth-century piety and religious thought may blind us to important religious possibilities. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/0384-9694.00047 |