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Auteur(s) : York, Michael (1939-....)
Titre(s) : Pagan ethics [Texte imprimé] : paganism as a world religion / Michael York
Publication : Cham : Springer, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (435 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : Part I: Introduction ; Chapter 1: Overview ; Chapter 2: Idolatry and Ethics ;
Part II: The Western Ethical Tradition.- Chapter 3: The Classical Divide ; Chapter
4: The Ancient World. ; Chapter 5: The Western Philosophical Tradition ; Chapter
6: Nietzsche ; Chapter 7: Post-Nietzsche ; Part III: The Quest for an Applied Pagan
Ethics ; Chapter 8: Virtue Ethics ; Chapter 9: The Pagan Quadrivium ; Chapter 10:
The Trivium of Worship ; Part IV: Moral Issues from a Pagan Perspective ; Chapter
11: Same-Sex Unions and Recreational Drugs ; Chapter 12: Hegemony and Environment
; Chapter 13: Terrorism and Death Issues ; Part V: The Ethical Conversation ; Chapter
14: Pagan Ethics vis-à-vis the Western Ethical Tradition ; Chapter 15: Contemporary
sectarian pagan ethics ; Chapter 16: Conclusion ; Bibliography.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 415-422. Index
This book is the first comprehensive examination of the ethical parameters of paganism
when considered as a world religion alongside Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism
and Buddhism. The issues of evil, value and idolatry from a pagan perspective are
analyzed as part of the Western ethical tradition from the Sophists and Platonic schools
through the philosophers Spinoza, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche to such contemporary thinkers
as Grayling, Mackie, MacIntyre, Habermas, Levinas, Santayana, etc. From a more practical
viewpoint, a delineation of applied pagan ethics is then presented in connection with
current moral issues such as same-sex union, recreational drugs, environmental awareness,
abortion and terrorism. Finally, overviews of sectarian pagan ethics (Shinto, Santeria,
Heathenism, Druidry, Romuva, Slavic, Kemeticism, Classical and Wicca) provide both
the general and pagan reader with an understanding of the provocative range and differentiation
of pagan ethical thought. The book approaches the Western ethical tradition as an
historical development and a continuing dialogue. The novelty of this approach lies
in its consideration of paganism as a legitimate voice of religious spirituality rather
than a satanic aberration or ridiculous childish behavior. The book is aimed at both
the contemporary Western pagan and anyone with an interest in the moral dilemmas of
our times and the desire to engage in the global ethical discussion.Among the more
important features of the book are its presentation of a re-evaluation of idolatry,
the notion of the virtue value, the richness of the pagan tradition, and the expansion
of Western ethics beyond its Christian heritage
Sujet(s) : Paganisme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783319189222. - ISBN 3319189220 (erroné) (print). - ISBN 9783319189222 (erroné)
(print)
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