Science and the Good
Subtitle: the tragic quest for the foundations of morality
Series: Foundational questions in science
Publisher: Yale University Press, Templeton Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780300196283; 9780300240405
Copyright date: 2018
Table of contents: title: Preface: The argument, in brief; title: Part I : Introduction.; title: Our promethean longing; title: Part II : The historical quest.; title: Early formulations; title: Three schools of enlightenment thinking and one lingering and disturbing worry; title: The new synthesis; title: Part III : The quest thus far.; title: What has science found?; title: The proclivity to overreach; title: Intractable challenges; title: Part IV : Enduring quandaries.; title: The quest, redirected; title: The promethean temptation and the problem of unintended consequences