ABSTRACT

"On the ... issue of our pluralistic age -- whether we can continue to believe in absolute value -- Robert Kane has written the most helpful discussion I know. It is clear, cogent, and above all, convincing". -- Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions

chapter 1|11 pages

The Spirits of the Times

chapter 2|32 pages

The Ends Principle

chapter 3|22 pages

The Human Quest

chapter 4|33 pages

Objective Worth

chapter 5|16 pages

Public and Private Morality

chapter 6|23 pages

Democracy, Politics, and Ethics

chapter 7|33 pages

Meaning and the Mosaic of Life: Religion

chapter 8|23 pages

Environment, Gender, and Culture

chapter 9|12 pages

Moral Education