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6The historical development toward a non-theistic humanist ethics: essays from the ancient stoics to modern scienceThe Edwin Mellen Press. 2016.This book covers the theory of our moral behavior that seems to meander throughout the history of ideas and that led eventually to scientific explanation of human moral behavior with various interpretations of the natural moral law.
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4What does modern science say about the origin of cooperation? Science confirms philosophyEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 18 (2): 41-50. 2013.
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334Creationism and Evolution. Misconceptions about Science and ReligionDialogue and Universalism 22 (4): 133-160. 2012.Creationism is an ancient worldview that was incorporated into ancient religious doctrines and survived in the western world due to its domination by religious institution such as the Catholic and Protestant Churches. Slowly, with the development of democratic political systems and science, the church lost its power of dominance over intellectual enterprises, and evolution became accepted by the majority as the inherent process in nature. Nevertheless, creationism is still very much alive among …Read more
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5The Philosophical Legacy of the 16th and 17th Century SociniansThe Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 36 100-105. 1998.The doctrines of the Socinians represent a rational reaction to a medieval theology based on submission to the Church’s authority. Though they retained Scripture as something supra rationem, the Socinians analyzed it rationally and believed that nothing should be accepted contra rationem. Their social and political thought underwent a significant evolutionary process from a very utopian pacifistic trend condemning participation in war and holding public and judicial office to a moderate and real…Read more
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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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7Creationism and Evolution. Misconceptions about Science and ReligionDialogue and Universalism 22 (4): 133-160. 2012.Creationism is an ancient worldview that was incorporated into ancient religious doctrines and survived in the western world due to its domination by religious institution such as the Catholic and Protestant Churches. Slowly, with the development of democratic political systems and science, the church lost its power of dominance over intellectual enterprises, and evolution became accepted by the majority as the inherent process in nature. Nevertheless, creationism is still very much alive among …Read more
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6Liberation Theology: Religious Response to Social ProblemsDialogue and Universalism 5 (8): 109-121. 1995.
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The Legacy of Servetus: Humanism and the Beginning of Change in the Social Paradigm: From Servetus to Thomas JeffersonEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 12. 2004.
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63The Polish Socinians: Contribution to Freedom of Conscience and the American ConstitutionDialogue and Universalism 19 (3-5): 45-75. 2009.
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The Philosophical Legacy of the XVIth and XVIIth Century Socinians: Their RationalityEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 4. 1995.
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3The Stoic Logic and Egyptian Divine Metaphysics as the Sources of the Tertullian Doctrine of the TrinityProceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy 61 61-65. 2018.Tertullian was the first to coin the Latin term trinitas for the description of the three divine entities in his doctrine of the Trinity. He translated the Greek term trias which was used in describing the Christian triad. Before Tertullian, Justin Martyr developed the Logos Christology and described the Christian Triad in terms of rank or order of its members. The term goes back to Pythagoras and can be found in many cultures as representing groupings of three divinities. Tertullian’s innovatio…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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415Servetus and the switch to the humanistic social paradigm a historical perspective on how the social paradigm changesEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 15 (1): 91-116. 2007.An exploration of the legacy of Michael Servetus to the development of a new type of theological inquiry which ultimately helped lead to the development of critical biblical studies.
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28Philosophy and its reinterpretation: A quintessential humanistic doctrineEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 17 (1): 71-90. 2009.An overview of Kant's ethics.
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Stories of Near-Death Experience Throughout Cultures and AgesEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 7. 1999.
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Liberation Theology: Religious Response to Social ProblemsEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 2. 1993.
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Sebastian Castellio and the Struggle for Freedom of ConscienceEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 10. 2002.
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6Numenius and Greek Philosophical Sources of Christian DoctrineThe Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 8 55-60. 2006.This paper traces the philosophical sources of one of the central Christian doctrines concerning deity-the doctrine of the Trinity - from the classical Greek period through to Justin Martyr (114¬ 165 C.E.). A key figure in this continuous line of thought is the Greek Middle Platonic philosopher Numenius of Apamea (fl. ca 150 C.EJ, who followed the Platonic tradition of Xenocrates of Chalcedon (d. 314 B.C.E.).
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Servetus and the Switch to the Humanistic Social ParadigmEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 15. 2007.
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47Numenius and Greek Philosophical Sources of Christian DoctrineThe Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 8 55-60. 2006.This paper traces the philosophical sources of one of the central Christian doctrines concerning deity-the doctrine of the Trinity - from the classical Greek period through to Justin Martyr (114¬ 165 C.E.). A key figure in this continuous line of thought is the Greek Middle Platonic philosopher Numenius of Apamea (fl. ca 150 C.EJ, who followed the Platonic tradition of Xenocrates of Chalcedon (d. 314 B.C.E.).
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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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1Is a Universal Ethics Possible?: A Humanist PropositionEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 4. 1995.
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1Development, Rationality, and Responsibility in Stoic EthicsEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 6. 1998.
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Foundation of Kant's Moral Philosophy and its Reinterpretation. A Quintessential Humanistic DoctrineEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 17 (1). 2009.
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46Creationism and evolution misconceptions about science and religion and the socinian solutionEssays in the Philosophy of Humanism 8 1-27. 2000.