Didactic Memoranda: An Agnostic Approach To Grace
Book Details
Author(s)David Lindop
PublisherDavid James Lindop
ISBN / ASINB01F5TM8V4
ISBN-13978B01F5TM8V6
MarketplaceUnited Kingdom 🇬🇧
Description
Overview of the whole of an actionable philosophy for the modern world, and in particular a demonstration of structured deduction of a functional system of ethics without dependency on religion.
The intention is to show that religion is not necessary, not that it - or any particular implementation of it - is necessarily false.
The system of moral consequences - of the core insights - is not defined in ultimate detail, but there are many suggestions for how behaviour can be managed in more productive and sustainable ways.
The intention is to show that religion is not necessary for optimal functioning of individuals and societies.
The idea is to give - at the most general level - some hints and tips for how to plan and manage a life, and perhaps death. Such high level models are of course never exhaustive, but they can still be creative and generative, when applied carefully and sensibly in the local, immediate context of real lives.
Seven key principles of rationality are provided - listed in an Appendix near the end of the book - and then in combination with the direct experience of everyone - i.e. an "experiencer", and "that which is experienced" - a system of appropriate human behaviour is deduced.
The system defines noumenal boundaries/limits to knowledge - i.e., what AM I?, and WHY does the rest of the universe exist? - but gives a fairly comprehensive description of what lies between any conscious person's unknowable inner self and the limit of the exterior world.
Strategies for understanding the physical / material world are described, alongside tactics for navigating the social world. A sense of obligations and rights of conscious beings is provided - sometimes with real examples from contemporary life.
Religion is referred to a number of times, and the broad conclusion is that it is unnecessary, though it should certainly be "allowed", in the sense that human beings should be allowed to be free agents, so far as is possible. So this might be seen by some as an "anti-religious" book, but it in fact is only saying that religion itself is optional and not absolutely necessary, and that there is some value in appreciation or acknowledgement of an "existential spirit" or "being" inside each conscious agent, and the social possibilities which flow from that.
Perhaps surprisingly for some, there is also a substantial set of references to management of working life in teams, organisations, communities and nation-states, and so a set of implications for politics and management are outlined. This partly reflects the authors experience with management consultancy, but most of the ideas and proposals are quite generic in nature, i.e. apply to many people in many circumstances.
The whole book is written as fairly short numbered paragraphs, in order to facilitate discussion and reference. It is hoped that some people will wish to discuss the content with each other.
Please look out for a wordpress blog intended to facilitate observation and discussion of this work, which is likely to be set up during the second half of May 2016.
The intention is to show that religion is not necessary, not that it - or any particular implementation of it - is necessarily false.
The system of moral consequences - of the core insights - is not defined in ultimate detail, but there are many suggestions for how behaviour can be managed in more productive and sustainable ways.
The intention is to show that religion is not necessary for optimal functioning of individuals and societies.
The idea is to give - at the most general level - some hints and tips for how to plan and manage a life, and perhaps death. Such high level models are of course never exhaustive, but they can still be creative and generative, when applied carefully and sensibly in the local, immediate context of real lives.
Seven key principles of rationality are provided - listed in an Appendix near the end of the book - and then in combination with the direct experience of everyone - i.e. an "experiencer", and "that which is experienced" - a system of appropriate human behaviour is deduced.
The system defines noumenal boundaries/limits to knowledge - i.e., what AM I?, and WHY does the rest of the universe exist? - but gives a fairly comprehensive description of what lies between any conscious person's unknowable inner self and the limit of the exterior world.
Strategies for understanding the physical / material world are described, alongside tactics for navigating the social world. A sense of obligations and rights of conscious beings is provided - sometimes with real examples from contemporary life.
Religion is referred to a number of times, and the broad conclusion is that it is unnecessary, though it should certainly be "allowed", in the sense that human beings should be allowed to be free agents, so far as is possible. So this might be seen by some as an "anti-religious" book, but it in fact is only saying that religion itself is optional and not absolutely necessary, and that there is some value in appreciation or acknowledgement of an "existential spirit" or "being" inside each conscious agent, and the social possibilities which flow from that.
Perhaps surprisingly for some, there is also a substantial set of references to management of working life in teams, organisations, communities and nation-states, and so a set of implications for politics and management are outlined. This partly reflects the authors experience with management consultancy, but most of the ideas and proposals are quite generic in nature, i.e. apply to many people in many circumstances.
The whole book is written as fairly short numbered paragraphs, in order to facilitate discussion and reference. It is hoped that some people will wish to discuss the content with each other.
Please look out for a wordpress blog intended to facilitate observation and discussion of this work, which is likely to be set up during the second half of May 2016.
