Is nature ever evil? : religion, science, and value /
Is nature ever evil? : religion, science, and value /
edited by Willem B. Drees.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- xv, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This vale of tears - the best of all possible worlds? / Criticizing the cosmos / Response to Mary Midgley's 'criticizing the cosmos' / Mary Midgley on science, nature, metaphysics and ethics: some comments / Mind and value: reflections on Max Weber / Moral relevance of naturalness / Experience of nature: a hermeneutic approach / Human interpretation and animal excellence / Naturalizing and systematizing evil / Cooperation or competition: comments on Rolston / Rolston: a contemporary physico-theologian / Are catastrophes in nature ever evil? / Contingency and risk: comment on Smit / Nature does not care indeed, but humans do: a commentary / Lisbon earthquake, 1755: a discourse about the 'nature' of nature / Tradegy versus hope: what future in an open universe? / Tragedy versus hope? A theological response / Cosmic fine-tuning, 'many universe' theories and the goodness of life / Improvable nature? / Victims of nature cry out / 'Improvable nature?' Some meta-historical reflections / Is nature neutral? The concept of health / Nature good and evil: a theological palette / Nature good and evil: a theological evaluation / Quest for perfection: insights from Paul Tillich / Normativity of nature: natural law in a technological life-world / Exploring technonature with cyborgs / PART IV. VALUES AS EXPLANATION OR VALUES EXPLAINED? -- Two forms of explanation / Two forms of explanation: a response to Ward / Two forms of explanation: a response to Ward / Evaluation of natural reality: a watertight case? / 'Ought' in a world that just 'is' / What values guide our oughts? / Normative relevance of disputes in primatology / Evolutionary views on the biological basis of religion / On pattern recognition, evolution, epistemology, religion and evil / Willem B. Drees -- Mary Midgley -- Silvia Vl���?ker -- Hans Radder -- Joachim Leilich -- Tatjana Visak -- Angela Roothaan -- Peter Scheers -- Holmes Rolston, III -- Jacobus J. De Vries -- Jozef Keulartz -- Jan Smit -- Arthur C. Petersen -- Fred Spier -- Claudia Sanides-Kohlrausch -- Arnold Benz -- Eduardo R. Cruz -- Neil A. Manson -- John Hedley Brooke -- Leo P. Ten Kate -- Henk G. Geertsema -- Kris Dierickx -- Philip Hefner -- Wessel Stoker -- Eduardo R. Cruz -- Mathew Illathuparampil -- Anne Kull -- Keith Ward -- Martien E. Brinkman -- Ronald Meester -- Edwin Koster -- Lindon B. Eaves -- Angela Roothaan -- Tatjana Visak -- Nico M. Van Straalen, Jair Stein -- Mladen Turk PART I. NATURE, SCIENCE AND VALUE -- PART II. EVIL EVOLUTIONARY JUSTIFIED? -- PART III. IMPROVING NATURE VIA CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY? --
0415290600 0415290619 (pbk.)
2002068159
Philosophy of nature.
Nature--Moral and ethical aspects.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
Nature--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian ethics.
BD581 / .I595 2003
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This vale of tears - the best of all possible worlds? / Criticizing the cosmos / Response to Mary Midgley's 'criticizing the cosmos' / Mary Midgley on science, nature, metaphysics and ethics: some comments / Mind and value: reflections on Max Weber / Moral relevance of naturalness / Experience of nature: a hermeneutic approach / Human interpretation and animal excellence / Naturalizing and systematizing evil / Cooperation or competition: comments on Rolston / Rolston: a contemporary physico-theologian / Are catastrophes in nature ever evil? / Contingency and risk: comment on Smit / Nature does not care indeed, but humans do: a commentary / Lisbon earthquake, 1755: a discourse about the 'nature' of nature / Tradegy versus hope: what future in an open universe? / Tragedy versus hope? A theological response / Cosmic fine-tuning, 'many universe' theories and the goodness of life / Improvable nature? / Victims of nature cry out / 'Improvable nature?' Some meta-historical reflections / Is nature neutral? The concept of health / Nature good and evil: a theological palette / Nature good and evil: a theological evaluation / Quest for perfection: insights from Paul Tillich / Normativity of nature: natural law in a technological life-world / Exploring technonature with cyborgs / PART IV. VALUES AS EXPLANATION OR VALUES EXPLAINED? -- Two forms of explanation / Two forms of explanation: a response to Ward / Two forms of explanation: a response to Ward / Evaluation of natural reality: a watertight case? / 'Ought' in a world that just 'is' / What values guide our oughts? / Normative relevance of disputes in primatology / Evolutionary views on the biological basis of religion / On pattern recognition, evolution, epistemology, religion and evil / Willem B. Drees -- Mary Midgley -- Silvia Vl���?ker -- Hans Radder -- Joachim Leilich -- Tatjana Visak -- Angela Roothaan -- Peter Scheers -- Holmes Rolston, III -- Jacobus J. De Vries -- Jozef Keulartz -- Jan Smit -- Arthur C. Petersen -- Fred Spier -- Claudia Sanides-Kohlrausch -- Arnold Benz -- Eduardo R. Cruz -- Neil A. Manson -- John Hedley Brooke -- Leo P. Ten Kate -- Henk G. Geertsema -- Kris Dierickx -- Philip Hefner -- Wessel Stoker -- Eduardo R. Cruz -- Mathew Illathuparampil -- Anne Kull -- Keith Ward -- Martien E. Brinkman -- Ronald Meester -- Edwin Koster -- Lindon B. Eaves -- Angela Roothaan -- Tatjana Visak -- Nico M. Van Straalen, Jair Stein -- Mladen Turk PART I. NATURE, SCIENCE AND VALUE -- PART II. EVIL EVOLUTIONARY JUSTIFIED? -- PART III. IMPROVING NATURE VIA CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY? --
0415290600 0415290619 (pbk.)
2002068159
Philosophy of nature.
Nature--Moral and ethical aspects.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
Nature--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian ethics.
BD581 / .I595 2003