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Browsing by Author Baer, Richard
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| Preview | Issue Date | Title | Author(s) | | 27-Sep-2001 | The de-mythologizing and de-sacralizing of nature, Greek philosophy, natural causes for natural events, cyclical vs. linear view of time, David and Bathsheba, discussion | Baer, Richard |
| 24-Feb-1994 | Deontological ethics, social contract theories, John Rawls A Theory of Justice, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill (utilitarians), "rights", English Liberalism, John Locke | Baer, Richard |
| 23-Sep-2003 | The desacralization of nature, Leo Marx Pastoral Ideals and City Troubles, recurring themes in literature - retreat from civilization, escape to nature, return to civilization; The Interrupted Idyll, symbolic landscape, lengthy discussion - racism, breakdown of family structure, lack of diverse viewpoints at Cornell | Baer, Richard |
| 22-Feb-1994 | Descriptive vs. normative ethics, meta-ethics, logical positivism, the extent of ethical consensus, John Rawls "reflective equilibrium", teleological ethics, Alistair MacIntyre | Baer, Richard |
| 27-Jan-1994 | Environmental studies - theory vs. specifics | Baer, Richard |
| 4-Sep-2001 | The epistemological status of moral claims, CS Lewis The Abolition of Man, human dominance over nature; Thomas Merton | Baer, Richard |
| 6-Sep-2001 | Epistemology (discussion): radical doubt, "knowledge equals certainty", warrantable assertions, examples: gratuitous harm and truth-telling, difference between hard and social sciences, experimental method, literature as thought-experiment, learning by mistakes (eg. no-fault divorce), unprovable assumptions of science | Baer, Richard |
| 25-Sep-2001 | Epistemology, Gordon Kaufman, Ian Barbour, Carl Sagan, the Genesis account from the Bible, H. and H.A. Frankfort Before Philosophy, personalized nature, myths, an example of a scientific myth | Baer, Richard |
| 29-Mar-1994 | A feminist perspective on environmental ethics: Carol Gilligan, Val Plumwood, the effects of the sexual revolution, daycare vs. parental care, Wendell Berry The Unsettling of America | Baer, Richard |
| 4-Dec-2003 | Friends | Baer, Richard |
| 25-Nov-2003 | The future of NR-407 | Baer, Richard |
| 12-Mar-1994 | Galatians, historical time line for Judaism and Christianity, Gospel precedes Law, Peter, Paul, and circumcision, Harvard grad school, Emil Brunner, how are we to love our neighbor? | Baer, Richard |
| 1-Feb-1994 | God and Religion: William Cantwell Smith The Meaning and End of Religion, "religio", reification, God reveals not religion, but himself; the language of discourse in the university, the importance of soft knowledge | Baer, Richard |
| 3-May-1994 | The God Who Plays | Baer, Richard |
| 11-Nov-2003 | The God Who Plays | Baer, Richard |
| 10-Mar-1994 | Greek vs. Hebrew views of history, discussion of Deut. 26, Deut. 6:20-25, the indicative precedes the imperative | Baer, Richard |
| 2-Sep-2003 | Guided discussion on values and facts, theoretical certainty, knowledge as warrantable assertions | Baer, Richard |
| 14-Apr-1994 | How much of heaven is available to us now? How much of the biocentric agenda is implementable without becoming inhumane? pros and cons of anthropo-, bio-, and theo-centrism; Parfit's dilemma - our obligations to future generations; John Passmore, Man's Responsibility to Nature; theistic, Christian, Jewish approaches; biocentrics as prophets of the ideal | Baer, Richard |
| 4-Dec-2003 | How should we live?, CS Lewis, sehnsucht, the sweet poison of the false infinite, overzealous reformers and planners, praise and celebration, cosmic compost, Merlin Caruthers, Thomas Merton | Baer, Richard |
| 4-Sep-2003 | How to read the assigned readings, Sachs, facts, values, knowledge, relativism, radical doubt | Baer, Richard |
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