Enlightenment now the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
The follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. Fa...
Main Author: | Pinker, Steven, 1954- (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Viking,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Enlightenment
- Dare to understand!
- Entro, evo, info
- Counter-enlightenments
- Part II: Progress
- Progressophobia
- Life
- Health
- Sustenance
- Wealth
- Inequality
- The environment
- Peace
- Safety
- Terrorism
- Democracy
- Equal rights
- Knowledge
- Quality of life
- Happiness
- Existential threats
- The future of progress
- Part III: Reason, science, and humanism
- Reason
- Science
- Humanism.