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    How has the globalization of technology contributed to the globalization of the war against the Enlightenment liberal humanism of Western civilization—in particular, to the globalization of the war between religion and science—and with what problematic moral, cultural, and spiritual consequences? Liberal-humanist and Heideggerian perspectives on this issue are considered. The latter is chosen because it constitutes an enduring philosophical and political challenge to liberal humanism. For Heideg…Read more
  • The dissertation explores the moral and social implications of the quarrel between science and religion, through a close inquiry into the treatment of this issue by John Stuart Mill. There are several reasons for choosing Mill; one is that he investigated that issue as comprehensively and rigorously as did any of his contemporaries or immediate predecessors, another, that his treatment has the merit of being informed by a vivid, first-hand experience of what was subsequently labeled by historian…Read more