Why Existentialists hold that both traditional religion and science are dehumanizing. This is from Part 11 of Stephen Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: Jean-Paul Sartre and “Existence precedes essence.” Next: Authentic humanism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks introduces the philosophy of Existentialism by means of Friedrich Nietzsche’s claim that God is dead, reflection on the rise of science and the decline of religion in the modern world, and the early-twentieth-century lived experience of world war, Depression, and the Holocaust. This is from Part 11 of his Philosophy of Education course.
The modern West is hybrid civilization, drawing upon competing ethical traditions from Greco-Roman culture and Judeo-Christian religion. Professor Hicks illustrates the contrast by means of a thought-experiment survey about the Declaration of Independence and Priests’ Vows. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Six questions in ethics. Next:
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Stephen Hicks here contrasts Semmelweis and Abraham as cognitive and moral role models. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Kierkegaard’s lesson: Abraham as a model of faith. Next: [Part 4: Human Nature] Five issues in human nature. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to
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Stephen Hicks here discusses the Biblical story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Kierkegaard, Luther, and Tertullian. Next: Kierkegaard’s lesson: Abraham as a model of faith. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main
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Stephen Hicks here discusses Kierkegaard’s interpretation of the Biblical story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: The story of Abraham.Next: Educational Implications: Choose your hero–Semmelweis or Abraham?Return to the Philosophy of Education page.Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Immanuel Kant‘s famous line from his Critique of Pure Reason is discussed as representative of the change of strategy among religion-friendly thinkers after the widely-perceived failure of natural theology. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Phase Two: The rise of natural theology. Next: Kierkegaard, Luther, and
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Stephen Hicks here discusses quotations on religious faith from Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Luther, and Tertullian. This is from Part 3 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Phase Three: “I found it necessary to deny reason …” Next: The story of Abraham. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the
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