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Tag Archives: power vs morality
Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 2)
Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 2): in “A Free Man’s Worship” (1903) philosopher Bertrand Russell called for a humanist ethic of respect for scientific truth, economic justice, and world peace. How well has this held up? Is its failure just the sign of a civilization’s growing pains, or of something fundamentally wrong with its key assumptions? Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged A Free Man's Worship, Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, Deep Establishment, Huxley Brave New World, materialism, Modernity, Nietzsche, power vs goodness, power vs morality, Russell a Free Mans Worship, Russell the Impact of Science on Society, Russell the Scientific Outlook, Skinner Beyond Freedom and Dignity, social engineering, Technocracy, technocratic elite, technology of behavior
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