Pagan ethics [electronic resource] : paganism as a world religion / Michael York.
York, Michael, 1939- author.
2016
BL432 .Y67 2016eb
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Title Pagan ethics [electronic resource] : paganism as a world religion / Michael York.
Author York, Michael, 1939- author.
ISBN 9783319189239 (electronic book)
3319189239 (electronic book)
9783319189222
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18923-9
Published Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-18923-9 doi
Call Number BL432 .Y67 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 299/.94
Summary This book is the first comprehensive examination of the ethical parameters of paganism when considered as a world religion alongside Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. The issues of evil, value and idolatry from a pagan perspective are analyzed as part of the Western ethical tradition from the Sophists and Platonic schools through the philosophers Spinoza, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche to such contemporary thinkers as Grayling, Mackie, MacIntyre, Habermas, Levinas, Santayana, etc. From a more practical viewpoint, a delineation of applied pagan ethics is then presented in connection with current moral issues such as same-sex union, recreational drugs, environmental awareness, abortion and terrorism. Finally, overviews of sectarian pagan ethics (Shinto, Santeria, Heathenism, Druidry, Romuva, Slavic, Kemeticism, Classical and Wicca) provide both the general and pagan reader with an understanding of the provocative range and differentiation of pagan ethical thought. The book approaches the Western ethical tradition as an historical development and a continuing dialogue. The novelty of this approach lies in its consideration of paganism as a legitimate voice of religious spirituality rather than a satanic aberration or ridiculous childish behavior. The book is aimed at both the contemporary Western pagan and anyone with an interest in the moral dilemmas of our times and the desire to engage in the global ethical discussion. Among the more important features of the book are its presentation of a re-evaluation of idolatry, the notion of the virtue value, the richness of the pagan tradition, and the expansion of Western ethics beyond its Christian heritage.
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Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Overview
Chapter 2: Idolatry and Ethics
Part II: The Western Ethical Tradition.- Chapter 3: The Classical Divide
Chapter 4: The Ancient World.
Chapter 5: The Western Philosophical Tradition
Chapter 6: Nietzsche
Chapter 7: Post-Nietzsche
Part III: The Quest for an Applied Pagan Ethics
Chapter 8: Virtue Ethics
Chapter 9: The Pagan Quadrivium
Chapter 10: The Trivium of Worship
Part IV: Moral Issues from a Pagan Perspective
Chapter 11: Same-Sex Unions and Recreational Drugs
Chapter 12: Hegemony and Environment
Chapter 13: Terrorism and Death Issues
Part V: The Ethical Conversation
Chapter 14: Pagan Ethics vis-à-vis the Western Ethical Tradition
Chapter 15: Contemporary sectarian pagan ethics
Chapter 16: Conclusion
Bibliography.

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