Is Nothing Sacred?Ben Rogers Routledge, 15. 4. 2013 - 160 strán (strany) We call many things sacred, from cows, churches and paintings to flags and burial grounds. Is it still meaningful to talk of things being sacred, or is the idea merely a relic of a bygone religious age? Does everything - and every life - have its price? Is Nothing Sacred? is a stimulating and wide-ranging debate about some of the major moral dilemmas facing us today, such as the value of human life, art, the environment, and personal freedom. |
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Introduction | 1 |
1 Nature Science and the Sacred | 7 |
2 Is Nature Sacred? | 28 |
3 Is Art Sacred? | 42 |
4 Art and the Limitations of Experience | 51 |
5 Is Life Sacred? | 59 |
6 The Sacred and the Profane | 81 |
7 Is Liberty Sacred? | 93 |
8 The Limits of Liberty | 111 |
9 The Idea of the Sacred | 119 |
10 Salvaging the Sacred | 128 |
11 The Sacred and the Scientist | 135 |
12 The Concept of the Sacred | 138 |
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