Dworkin.Religion Without God

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1、1NotefortheColloquium:Iplantogivethree“Einstein”LecturesinSwitzerlandlaterthismonth,andthispaperisacondenseddraftfromwhichIwillpreparethoselectures.ItisnotparticularlylongbyourColloquiumstandards,butitcoversagreatervarietyoftopicsandIunderstandthatitmaynotbepossibl

2、etodiscusseveryclaim.Itdoesmeetoneofourambitionsforpapers:itissuitablyroughandunfinishedandthefootnotesarelaughablyincomplete.Pleasedon’tciteorcirculate.ReligionWithoutGodLecture1IntroductionThethemeofthesethreelecturesisthatthediscoveryorinventionofgodsisonlyonema

3、nifestationofadeeperhumanimpulsethatIbelieveitappropriatetocallareligiousattitude.AlbertEinstein,whosaidhedidnotbelieveinanygod,expressedthisdeeperimpulseinthesestrikingwords:"Toknowthatwhatisimpenetrabletousreallyexists,manifestingitselfasthehighestwisdomandthemos

4、tradiantbeauty,whichourdullfacilitiescancomprehendonlyinthemostprimitiveforms‐‐thisknowledge,thisfeeling,isatthecenteroftruereligiousness.Inthissense,andinthissenseonly,Ibelongtotheranksofthedevoutlyreligiousmen."WilliamJames,inhiscatalogueofthevarietiesofreligious

5、experience,alsomadeplainthathedidnotlimitthereligiousattitudetotheism.CliffordGeertz,aneminentanthropologist,wascarefultosaythesamething,andsowasRobertBellah,inhisrecentcompendioushistoryofreligion.Itisextremelydifficult–asJames’seffortsshow–positivelytodefinethere

6、ligiousattitude.InLecture3Isuggestthat,inlegalandpoliticalcontexts,theconceptofreligioniswhatIhavecalledaninterpretiveconcept.Thedefinitionofreligionthatweshouldacceptinthosecontextsdependsuponwhatmoregeneraltheoryoflibertyweshouldendorse.Weneedamoregeneralcharacte

7、rizationnow.Thiswilldo.Areligiousattitudecomprehensivelyrejectsthemetaphysicsofnaturalism.Thatphilosophicaltheoryholdsthatrealityisexhaustedbywhatthenaturalsciences,includingpsychology,candescribe.Thereligiousattitudeinsiststhatthereismore:itinsiststhatrealityalsoi

8、ncludesanentirelyco‐extensiveuniverseofvalue.Itspreadsobjective,mind‐independentvalueacrossnature’sentiredomain:realvaluebothinlifeandinthetotaln

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《Dworkin.Religion Without God》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库

1、1NotefortheColloquium:Iplantogivethree“Einstein”LecturesinSwitzerlandlaterthismonth,andthispaperisacondenseddraftfromwhichIwillpreparethoselectures.ItisnotparticularlylongbyourColloquiumstandards,butitcoversagreatervarietyoftopicsandIunderstandthatitmaynotbepossibl

2、etodiscusseveryclaim.Itdoesmeetoneofourambitionsforpapers:itissuitablyroughandunfinishedandthefootnotesarelaughablyincomplete.Pleasedon’tciteorcirculate.ReligionWithoutGodLecture1IntroductionThethemeofthesethreelecturesisthatthediscoveryorinventionofgodsisonlyonema

3、nifestationofadeeperhumanimpulsethatIbelieveitappropriatetocallareligiousattitude.AlbertEinstein,whosaidhedidnotbelieveinanygod,expressedthisdeeperimpulseinthesestrikingwords:"Toknowthatwhatisimpenetrabletousreallyexists,manifestingitselfasthehighestwisdomandthemos

4、tradiantbeauty,whichourdullfacilitiescancomprehendonlyinthemostprimitiveforms‐‐thisknowledge,thisfeeling,isatthecenteroftruereligiousness.Inthissense,andinthissenseonly,Ibelongtotheranksofthedevoutlyreligiousmen."WilliamJames,inhiscatalogueofthevarietiesofreligious

5、experience,alsomadeplainthathedidnotlimitthereligiousattitudetotheism.CliffordGeertz,aneminentanthropologist,wascarefultosaythesamething,andsowasRobertBellah,inhisrecentcompendioushistoryofreligion.Itisextremelydifficult–asJames’seffortsshow–positivelytodefinethere

6、ligiousattitude.InLecture3Isuggestthat,inlegalandpoliticalcontexts,theconceptofreligioniswhatIhavecalledaninterpretiveconcept.Thedefinitionofreligionthatweshouldacceptinthosecontextsdependsuponwhatmoregeneraltheoryoflibertyweshouldendorse.Weneedamoregeneralcharacte

7、rizationnow.Thiswilldo.Areligiousattitudecomprehensivelyrejectsthemetaphysicsofnaturalism.Thatphilosophicaltheoryholdsthatrealityisexhaustedbywhatthenaturalsciences,includingpsychology,candescribe.Thereligiousattitudeinsiststhatthereismore:itinsiststhatrealityalsoi

8、ncludesanentirelyco‐extensiveuniverseofvalue.Itspreadsobjective,mind‐independentvalueacrossnature’sentiredomain:realvaluebothinlifeandinthetotaln

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