Contesting the moral high ground : popular moralists in mid-twentieth-century Britain /

In mid-twentieth century Britain, four intellectuals - Julian Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Malcolm Muggeridge, and Barbara Ward - held sway over popular conceptions of morality. While Huxley and Russell championed ideas informed by agnosticism and atheism, Muggeridge and Ward were adherents to Christia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phillips, Paul T., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queens Univ Press, 2013.
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. 62.
Temas:
Huxley, Julian, > 1887-1975 > Ethics.
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970 > Ethics.
Muggeridge, Malcolm, > 1903-1990 > Ethics.
Ward, Barbara, > 1914-1981 > Ethics.
Huxley, Julian, > 1887-1975
Muggeridge, Malcolm, > 1903-1990
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970
Ward, Barbara, > 1914-1981
1900-1999
Ethics > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Ethicists > Great Britain > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Morale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Éthiciens > Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Ethics
Moral conditions
Great Britain > Moral conditions > History > 20th century.
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Setting
  • 2 One World, One Faith: The Quest for Unity in Julian Huxley's Religion of Evolutionary Humanism
  • Bertrand Russell: Reason, Love, and the Conquest of Fear
  • Heaven in Heaven: The Cultural Apostasy of Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Barbara Ward and the Social Conscience of Christianity
  • Conclusion and Legacy.

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