| ID | 019486 |
| Call Number | 170.9/SHE |
| Title Proper | Moral arc |
| Other Title Information | How science and reason lead humanity toward truth, justice, and freedom |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shermer, Michael |
| Publication | New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2015. |
| Description | 541p Black spine |
| Note | From Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously employed scientific techniques to better understand the non-physical world. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment led theorists to apply scientific reasoning to the non-scientific disciplines of politics, economics, and moral philosophy. Instead of relying on the woodcuts of dissected bodies in old medical texts, physicians opened bodies themselves to see what was there; instead of divining truth through the authority of an ancient holy book or philosophical treatise, people began to explore the book of nature for themselves through travel and exploration; instead of the supernatural belief in the divine right of kings, people employed a natural belief in the right of democracy. In this provocative and compelling book, Shermer will explain how abstract reasoning, rationality, empiricism, skepticism--scientific ways of thinking--have profoundly changed the way we perceive morality and, indeed, move us ever closer to a more just world. |
| Standard Number | 9780805096910 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.799(Hb) |
| Classification Number | 170.9 |
| Key Words | Psychology ; IBDP ; TOK ; Science - Moral and ethical aspects - History ; Science - Social aspects - History ; Science - Philosophy & Social Aspects |