عنوان

COSMOLOGICAL ETHICS? THE GREAT WORK

Number

LA129794

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

COSMOLOGICAL ETHICS? THE GREAT WORK

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Heather Eaton

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Are we indeed ethically destitute, as suggests Thomas Berry? We are in an era of a barrage of ethical discourses, and yet Berry claims that are unable to respond to the radically new problematique facing any human communities. This article explores the idea of the macro and micro dimensions of ethics, noting the conventional reference points as well as the change of reference points Berry suggests. The discussion dwells on these two dimensions, and the interplay between them. The article also suggests that the religious/spiritual experiences of awakening, and presently to the cosmos, could also be considered as a source for ethics. Are we indeed ethically destitute, as suggests Thomas Berry? We are in an era of a barrage of ethical discourses, and yet Berry claims that are unable to respond to the radically new problematique facing any human communities. This article explores the idea of the macro and micro dimensions of ethics, noting the conventional reference points as well as the change of reference points Berry suggests. The discussion dwells on these two dimensions, and the interplay between them. The article also suggests that the religious/spiritual experiences of awakening, and presently to the cosmos, could also be considered as a source for ethics.

Date of Publication

2001

Physical description

157-169

Title

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

Volume Number

5/2-3

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5357

Subject Term

ETHICS

Subject Term

THE GREAT WORK

Subject Term

THOMAS BERRY

Heather Eaton

Call Number

10.1163/15685350152908228

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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