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44Friedrich Nietzsche: Social origin of morals, Christian ethics, and implications for atheism in his the genealogy of moralsEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 16 (1): 71-96. 2008.A survey essay exploring Nietzsche's intellectual trajectory and especially his notion of the ascetic ideal and its implications for atheism.
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Brief Statement of the Philosophical Principles of HumanismEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 4. 1995.
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34What Does Modern Science Say about the Origin of Cooperation? Science Confirms PhilosophyDialogue and Universalism 23 (3): 23-34. 2013.During the last decades evolutionary science has made significance progress in the elucidation of the process of human evolution and especially of human behavioral characteristics. These themes were traditionally subjects of inquiry in philosophy and theology. Already Darwin suggested an evolutionary and biological basis for moral sense or conscience, and answered Kant’s question about the origin of the moral rules postulated by philosophers. This article reviews the current status of such inves…Read more
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The Justification of Morals in the Philosophy of Thomas AquinasEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 1. 1992.
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41Philo’s Logos Doctrine (review)Dialogue and Universalism 21 (4): 59-90. 2011.Judaism was a mythical, strongly tribal religion with anthropomorphic God in which the leading element was the concept of a covenant between God and the exceptional “chosen people.” Such views produced a strong emphasis on tribal unity and attitude of election and moral superiority vis-à-vis the rest of humanity. Philo must have felt inadequacy of the ancient Judaism and its limitations to compete for the minds of Hellenes with their universalistic philosophical thought. Philo represented a tren…Read more
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