Beyondism: Religion from Science
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Mainly by trial and error , societies have developed a number of institutions to give expression to the sublimations and frustrational by - products that the complexities of culture - initially begotten by necessary food - getting ...
Mainly by trial and error , societies have developed a number of institutions to give expression to the sublimations and frustrational by - products that the complexities of culture - initially begotten by necessary food - getting ...
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Chief among these is the loyalty which gives survival to the primary group— typically the nation . ... It seems likely at first glance that the individual will not give love to a society that does not give love to him .
Chief among these is the loyalty which gives survival to the primary group— typically the nation . ... It seems likely at first glance that the individual will not give love to a society that does not give love to him .
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Beyon- dists need to give their efforts to shaping it in that way , and to develop- ing the UNO ethic from its present mere maintenance of a legalistic status quo world , to an orientation to positive experiment in evolution .
Beyon- dists need to give their efforts to shaping it in that way , and to develop- ing the UNO ethic from its present mere maintenance of a legalistic status quo world , to an orientation to positive experiment in evolution .
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Contents
Preface | vii |
Among Groups Not Individuals? | x |
What Has Group Competition To Do With Ethics | 13 |
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