Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 25 No. 1, 2010.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
John Dewey’s Naturalism as a Model for Global Ethics
Larry A. Hickman
; Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Department of Philosophy, Carbondale (IL), USA
Sažetak
This essay considers the lessons about global ethics that John Dewey learned during his international travels, especially during the two years he spent in China, 1919–1921. I argue that Dewey’s naturalism, which is based on an appreciation of the ways in which the work of Charles Darwin can be applied within humanistic disciplines, provides models for cross-cultural discussions of ethics. I suggest that some of the impediments to appreciating Dewey’s contribution to global ethics lie in misreadings and misinterpretations of his work, such as those advanced by Roberto M. Unger. Finally, I suggest that it is unlikely that a global ethics will emerge until human beings transcend narrow supernaturalist and nonnaturalist dogmas and embrace naturalistic world views.
Ključne riječi
ethical naturalism; Darwin’s theory of evolution; global ethics; John Dewey
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58367
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Datum izdavanja:
2.8.2010.
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