Three Essays on Religion
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In these three essays, Nature, The Utility of Religion, and Theism, published between 1850 and 1870, English social and political philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) gives his most sustained analysis of religious belief. Though not prepared to abandon the idea of an overall design in nature, Mill nonetheless argues that its violence and capriciousness militate against moral ends in nature's workings. Moreover, any designer of such a world as we experience it cannot be all powerful and all good for nature is too clumsily made and capriciously governed. However, since humankind, by and large, cannot, it seems, be deprived of religion, Mill espouses what he calls a religion of humanity, whose concepts of justice, morality, and altruism are based on classical models and on the New Testament Sermon on the Mount rather than on the vindictive God of the Old Testament and the world-hating doctrines of St. Paul.
| ISBN-13 | 9780548771563 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0548771561 |
| Weight | 0.89 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.61 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $27.95 |
| Format | - |
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| Pages | 272 pages |
| Publisher | Kessinger Publishing |
| Published On | 2007-11-01 |
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