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008 140530s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014020084
020 $a9780805096910 (hardback)
020 $a0805096914 (hardback)
020 $z9780805096934 (electronic book)
024 $a40024654861
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn881041834
035 $a(OCoLC)881041834
035 $a(NNC)11325558
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050 00 $aBJ57$b.S48 2015
082 00 $a170.9$223
084 $aSCI075000$aSCI034000$aPSY000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aShermer, Michael,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe moral arc :$bhow science and reason lead humanity toward truth, justice, and freedom /$cMichael Shermer.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, New York :$bHenry Holt and Company,$c2015.
300 $a541 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [441]-526) and index.
505 0 $aBending the moral arc -- The moral arc explained. Toward a science of morality ; The morality of war, terror, and deterrence ; Why science and reason are the drivers of moral progress ; Why religion is not the source of moral progress -- The moral arc applied. Slavery and a moral science of freedom ; A moral science of women's rights ; A moral science of gay rights ; A moral science of animal rights -- The moral arc amended. Moral regress and pathways to evil ; Moral freedom and responsibility ; Moral justice: retribution and restoration ; Protopia : the future of moral progress.
520 $a"From Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously employed scientific techniques to better understand the non-physical world. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment led theorists to apply scientific reasoning to the non-scientific disciplines of politics, economics, and moral philosophy. Instead of relying on the woodcuts of dissected bodies in old medical texts, physicians opened bodies themselves to see what was there; instead of divining truth through the authority of an ancient holy book or philosophical treatise, people began to explore the book of nature for themselves through travel and exploration; instead of the supernatural belief in the divine right of kings, people employed a natural belief in the right of democracy. In this provocative and compelling book, Shermer will explain how abstract reasoning, rationality, empiricism, skepticism--scientific ways of thinking--have profoundly changed the way we perceive morality and, indeed, move us ever closer to a more just world"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aScience$xMoral and ethical aspects$xHistory.
650 0 $aScience$xSocial aspects$xHistory.
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSCIENCE / History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aScience$xMoral and ethical aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01108321
650 7 $aScience$xSocial aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01108360
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
852 00 $bleh$hBJ57$i.S48 2015