John Dewey and the Ethics of Historical Belief addresses the ethics of the representation of the past with a focus on the justification of historical belief within religious and critical historiographical traditions. What makes a belief about the past justified? What makes one historical belief preferable to another? A great deal rides on how these questions are answered. History textbook wars take place across the globe, from California to India. Cultural heritage protection is politicized and historical research is commonly deployed in support of partisan agendas. This book...
John Dewey and the Ethics of Historical Belief addresses the ethics of the representation of the past with a focus on the justification of hist...
This book explores some of the key components of, and connections between, religious and philosophical treatment of ethical notions and problems and the positions of their historical precedents and successors. This allows for a better understanding of Jewish ethics as a distinctive position, the key influences upon it and major developments within it, and its contribution to subsequent developments and debates (metaphysical, historical, methodological, and socio-political).
This book explores some of the key components of, and connections between, religious and philosophical treatment of ethical notions and problems an...
