Bird on an ethics wire :: battles about values in the culture wars /
"Our physical ecosystem is not indestructible and we have obligations to hold it in trust for future generations. The same is true of our metaphysical ecosystem--the values, principles, attitudes, beliefs, and shared stories on which we have founded our society. In Bird on an Ethics Wire, Marga...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Our physical ecosystem is not indestructible and we have obligations to hold it in trust for future generations. The same is true of our metaphysical ecosystem--the values, principles, attitudes, beliefs, and shared stories on which we have founded our society. In Bird on an Ethics Wire, Margaret Somerville explores the values needed to maintain a world that reasonable people would want to live in and pass on to their descendants. Somerville addresses the conflicts between people who espouse "progressive" values and those who uphold "traditional" ones by casting her attention on the debates surrounding "birth" (abortion and reproductive technologies) and "death" (euthanasia) and shows how words are often used as weapons. She proposes that we should seek to experience amazement, wonder, and awe to enrich our lives and helps us to find meaning. Such experiences, Somerville believes, can change how we see the world and live our lives, and affect the decisions we make, especially regarding values and ethics. They can help us to cope with physical or existential suffering, and, ultimately put us in touch with the sacred--in either its secular or religious form--which protects what we must not destroy. Experiencing amazement, wonder and awe, Somerville concludes, can also generate hope, the oxygen of the human spirit, without which our spirit dies. Both individuals and societies need hope, a sense of connection to the future, if the world is to make the best values decisions in the battles that constitute the current culture wars."-- |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773598140 0773598146 9780773598157 0773598154 9780773546400 0773546405 |
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| spelling | Somerville, Margaret A., 1942- author. Bird on an ethics wire : battles about values in the culture wars / Margaret Somerville. 1511 Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Our physical ecosystem is not indestructible and we have obligations to hold it in trust for future generations. The same is true of our metaphysical ecosystem--the values, principles, attitudes, beliefs, and shared stories on which we have founded our society. In Bird on an Ethics Wire, Margaret Somerville explores the values needed to maintain a world that reasonable people would want to live in and pass on to their descendants. Somerville addresses the conflicts between people who espouse "progressive" values and those who uphold "traditional" ones by casting her attention on the debates surrounding "birth" (abortion and reproductive technologies) and "death" (euthanasia) and shows how words are often used as weapons. She proposes that we should seek to experience amazement, wonder, and awe to enrich our lives and helps us to find meaning. Such experiences, Somerville believes, can change how we see the world and live our lives, and affect the decisions we make, especially regarding values and ethics. They can help us to cope with physical or existential suffering, and, ultimately put us in touch with the sacred--in either its secular or religious form--which protects what we must not destroy. Experiencing amazement, wonder and awe, Somerville concludes, can also generate hope, the oxygen of the human spirit, without which our spirit dies. Both individuals and societies need hope, a sense of connection to the future, if the world is to make the best values decisions in the battles that constitute the current culture wars."-- Provided by publisher Should religion be evicted from the public square? -- Are our "values conversations" sufficiently open and free? The university as a test case -- Is the concept of human dignity useful, useless, or dangerous? -- Legalizing euthanasia: Evolution or revolution in societal values? -- Is every life beautiful? -- How might a problem -- a crisis pregnancy -- be converted to a mystery, the gift of life? -- How might the involvement of "applied ethics" in law affect our societal values? Ethics as "first aid" for law -- What questions are we asking in contemporary cultural values conversations, and what messages are they communicating? Social values. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124083 Ethics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045096 Culture conflict. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034758 Culture shock. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034763 Social Values https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012945 Ethics https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004989 Valeurs sociales. Morale. Conflit culturel. ethics (philosophy) aat SOCIAL SCIENCE General. bisacsh Culture shock fast Culture conflict fast Ethics fast Social values fast Lebensführung gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4034864-7 Kulturkonflikt gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4127656-5 Wertordnung gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4135971-9 Ethik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4015602-3 Somerville, Margaret A., 1942- Bird on an ethics wire.: Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015. ©2015 (CaOONL)20159051894 (OCoLC)908628869 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1133501 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Somerville, Margaret A., 1942- Bird on an ethics wire : battles about values in the culture wars / Should religion be evicted from the public square? -- Are our "values conversations" sufficiently open and free? The university as a test case -- Is the concept of human dignity useful, useless, or dangerous? -- Legalizing euthanasia: Evolution or revolution in societal values? -- Is every life beautiful? -- How might a problem -- a crisis pregnancy -- be converted to a mystery, the gift of life? -- How might the involvement of "applied ethics" in law affect our societal values? Ethics as "first aid" for law -- What questions are we asking in contemporary cultural values conversations, and what messages are they communicating? Social values. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124083 Ethics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045096 Culture conflict. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034758 Culture shock. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034763 Social Values https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012945 Ethics https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004989 Valeurs sociales. Morale. Conflit culturel. ethics (philosophy) aat SOCIAL SCIENCE General. bisacsh Culture shock fast Culture conflict fast Ethics fast Social values fast Lebensführung gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4034864-7 Kulturkonflikt gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4127656-5 Wertordnung gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4135971-9 Ethik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4015602-3 |
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| title | Bird on an ethics wire : battles about values in the culture wars / |
| title_auth | Bird on an ethics wire : battles about values in the culture wars / |
| title_exact_search | Bird on an ethics wire : battles about values in the culture wars / |
| title_full | Bird on an ethics wire : battles about values in the culture wars / Margaret Somerville. |
| title_fullStr | Bird on an ethics wire : battles about values in the culture wars / Margaret Somerville. |
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| topic | Social values. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124083 Ethics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045096 Culture conflict. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034758 Culture shock. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034763 Social Values https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012945 Ethics https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004989 Valeurs sociales. Morale. Conflit culturel. ethics (philosophy) aat SOCIAL SCIENCE General. bisacsh Culture shock fast Culture conflict fast Ethics fast Social values fast Lebensführung gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4034864-7 Kulturkonflikt gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4127656-5 Wertordnung gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4135971-9 Ethik gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4015602-3 |
| topic_facet | Social values. Ethics. Culture conflict. Culture shock. Social Values Ethics Valeurs sociales. Morale. Conflit culturel. ethics (philosophy) SOCIAL SCIENCE General. Culture shock Culture conflict Social values Lebensführung Kulturkonflikt Wertordnung Ethik |
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