Description: Moral Meaning of Nature : Nietzsche's Darwinian Religion and Its Critics, Paperback by Woodford, Peter J., ISBN 022653989X, ISBN-13 9780226539898, Brand New, Free shipping in the US What, if anything, does biological evolution tell us about the nature of religion, ethical values, or even the meaning and purpose of life? The Moral Meaning of Nature sheds new light on these enduring questions by examining the significance of an earlier—and unjustly neglected—discussion of Darwin in late nineteenth-century Germany. We start with Friedrich Nietzsche, whose writings staged one of the first confrontations with the Christian tradition using the resources of Darwinian thought. The lebensphilosophie, or “life-philosophy,” that arose from his engagement with evolutionary ideas drew responses from other influential thinkers, including Franz Overbeck, Georg Simmel, and Heinrich Rickert. These critics all offered cogent challenges to Nietzsche’s appropriation of the newly transforming biological sciences, his negotiation between science and religion, and his interpretation of the implications of Darwinian thought. They also each proposed alternative ways of making sense of Nietzsche’s unique question concerning the meaning of biological evolution “for life.” At the heart of the discussion were debates about the relation of facts and values, the place of divine purpose in the understanding of nonhuman and human agency, the concept of life, and the question of whether the sciences could offer resources to satisfy the human urge to discover sources of value in biological processes. The Moral Meaning of Nature focuses on the historical background of these questions, exposing the complex ways in which they recur in contemporary philosophical debate.
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Book Title: Moral Meaning of Nature : Nietzsche's Darwinian Religion and Its
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Moral Meaning of Nature : Nietzsche's Darwinian Religion and Its Critics
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Europe / Germany, Life Sciences / Evolution, Individual Philosophers, Religious, General, History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Religion & Science
Item Height: 0.1 in
Item Weight: 9.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Peter J. Woodford
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy, Social Science, Science, History
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
