John Macmurray's Religious Philosophy: What it Means to be a PersonRoutledge, 2016 M05 6 - 276 páginas Recent dissatisfaction with individualism and the problems of religious pluralism make this an opportune time to reassess the way in which we define ourselves and conduct our relationships with others. The philosophical writings of John Macmurray are a useful resource for performing this examination, and recent interest in Macmurray's work has been growing steadily. A full-scale critical examination of Macmurray's religious philosophy has not been published and this work fills this gap, sharing his insistence that we define ourselves through action and through person-to-person relationships, while critiquing his account of the ensuing political and religious issues. The key themes in this work are the concept of the person and the ethics of personal relations. |
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... Action' – '1: The Nature of Ethical Inquiry' 'Aristotle' 'Background of Greek Philosophy' 'Beyond Purpose – 1' 'Beyond Purpose – 2' 'The Basis of Religious Life Today' 'Church and State' 'Critical Comment' 'Cogito Ergo Non-Sum ...
... action, and all meaningful action for the sake of friendship' (SA, p. 15). Underlying this quotation are two key principles; the first is that the self is defined by action at least as much as by thought and the second is that the ...
... action' (PR, p. 11). It is in this respect that Macmurray's concept of the person is holistic; that is, it opposes the view that the mind and the body are most adequately understood as separate entities and argues for the realignment of ...
... action. Hence by asserting the reality of agency, Macmurray seeks to establish a new and radical foundation, from which a philosophy of the nature of the person can be built. Moreover, the impact of his enterprise is not merely the ...
... action. Positively therefore, Macmurray describes Kant's improvement on the Cartesian schema as the realization that reason is not purely cognitive; rather, 'It is only when we turn to consider our practical experience as agents, and ...
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Developing as a Person | 59 |
Persons and Politics | 97 |
Persons and Religion | 147 |
Conclusion | 201 |
Bibliography | 213 |
Index | 255 |
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John Macmurray's Religious Philosophy: What it Means to be a Person Esther McIntosh Vista previa limitada - 2011 |
John Macmurray's Religious Philosophy: What it Means to be a Person Esther McIntosh Vista previa limitada - 2016 |
John Macmurray's Religious Philosophy: What it Means to be a Person Esther McIntosh Vista previa limitada - 2011 |