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Subject Index
Abortion, public/private morality, 115 -116
Absolutes:
alternative path to, 18 -19, 45
circularity in defending, 14
cultural relativists/universalists, 59 -60
Ends Principle as, 26
ethical, 63, 66
meaning of the word, 9
search for, 17, 46 -48, 49, 118
universal human value, 64
universals as path to, 50. See also Values
Academic freedom, 44, 192
Achievements, glory, 86, 95, 96, 147
Action principle, ought implies can,
217 (5)
Agape, 78, 82 -84, 93, 95
Aggressiveness, 181 -182
Agricultural civilizations, 183 -184
Agricultural revolution, 7
Alienation, 195
Allegory of the Cave, 121
Altruism:
children and, 203
egoism and, 60 -62
genetic kin, 63
reciprocal, 78, 219 (26, 27)
sociobiology, 49, 62 -64
Amoralists, classist, 60 -63
Anthropology, cultural diversity, 47, 49
Aspiration:
dare to aspire, 151
ethical quest and, 85, 97 -98
ethics without, 199
etymology of the word, 71, 98, 151
hope and, 71
idealism and, 208 -209
Kant's great questions, 151
realm of, 98
searches in realm of, 68 -70
secular interpretation, 151
trust, 73
truth and worth as objects of, 193
universality of, 8
worthiness for glory, 93. See also Quest
Attitudes, offense principle, 107 -109. See
also Openness
Authoritarianism, 8, 9, 10, 55
Axial Period, 6, 7, 35, 117, 120, 155, 159,
167, 171, 175, 185, 206 ; new, 45, 56, 68,
97, 142, 151, 155, 167, 182, 191, 196
Babel. See Tower of Babel
Bach crystals, 80 -82
Belief:
attitudes toward right and wrong, 14
Greek word for, 73
reasons for, without demanding
certainty, 16
Biology, ethical conclusions from data of,
49
Black studies, 195
Buddhism, 6, 34, 52, 155 -156, 162, 168,
215 (12)
Business, 58
Careers, vocation, 161
Caring:
immorality, 82 -83
justice and love, 187 -188
selective, 63, 65
Casablanca (film), 94
Categorical Imperative (Kant), 20
Certainty:
myth and illusion, 72 -73
objective truth and, 193
reasons for belief, 16

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Publication Information: Book Title: Through the Moral Maze: Searching for Absolute Values in a Pluralistic World. Contributors: Robert Kane - author. Publisher: Paragon Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1994. Page Number: 243.
    
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