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Science and the good : the tragic quest for the foundations of morality
- Title
- Science and the good : the tragic quest for the foundations of morality / James Davison Hunter, Paul Nedelisky.
- Author
- Hunter, James Davison, 1955-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press ; [West Conshohocken, PA] : Templeton Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Nedelisky, Paul
- Description
- xv, 289 pages; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Foundational questions in science
- Uniform Title
- Foundational questions in science.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Preface: The argument, in brief -- Part I: Introduction. Our promethean longing -- Part II: The historical quest. Early formulations -- Three schools of enlightenment thinking and one lingering and disturbing worry -- The new synthesis -- Part III: The quest thus far. What has science found? -- The proclivity to overreach -- Intractable challenges -- Part IV: Enduring quandaries. The quest, redirected -- The promethean temptation and the problem of unintended consequences.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-5635
- ISBN
- 9780300196283
- 0300196288
- OCLC
- 1054933717
- Author
- Hunter, James Davison, 1955- author.
- Title
- Science and the good : the tragic quest for the foundations of morality / James Davison Hunter, Paul Nedelisky.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press ; [West Conshohocken, PA] : Templeton Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Foundational questions in scienceFoundational questions in science.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
- Added Author
- Nedelisky, Paul, author.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-5635