Albert Schweitzer's Reverence for Life

Ethical Idealism and Self-Realization
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-26549-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 204 g

Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, Nobel Peace Laureate, theologian, and musician, developed a character-oriented ethics focused on self-realization, nature-centered spirituality, and moral idealism which anticipated the current renaissance of virtue ethics. Schweitzer's idea of 'reverence for life' underscores the contribution of moral ideals to self-realization, connects ethics to spirituality without religious dogma, and outlines a pioneering environmental ethics that bridges the gap between valuing life in its unity and valuing individual organisms. In this book Mike W. Martin interprets Schweitzer's 'reverence for life' as an umbrella virtue, drawing together all the more specific virtues, in particular: authenticity, love, compassion, gratitude, justice and peace loving, each of which Martin discusses in an individual chapter. Martin's treatment of his subject is sympathetic yet critical and for the first time clearly places Schweitzer's environmental ethics within the wider framework of his ethical theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Mike W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Ethics from within; Ideals as guides; Environmental ethics; Authenticity: reverence for self; Compassion: community of suffering; Gratitude: good fortune obligates; Justice as human rights; Peace loving and non-violence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Mike W. Martin is Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Chapman University, California, USA.